The Net |  | Director: Irwin Winkler
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 4491
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D11619D
ISBN: 0800141768
UPC: 043396116191
EAN: 9780800141769
ASIN: 0800141768
Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 1995
Release Date: March 6, 2001
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Product Description
A reclusive computer systems analyst is caught in a web of intrigue and danger when she unwittingly finds the secret behind a popular computer security program. Its programmers have created a back door enabling them to tap into classified computer systems. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Sandra Bullock Dennis Miller Run time: 114 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Irwin Winkler
Amazon.com
The Net, the first of Hollywood's big cyberthrillers of the mid-1990s, was also the most successful, thanks in large part to the natural appeal of star Sandra Bullock. Still riding high from Speed and While You Were Sleeping, Bullock plays a computer expert victimized by sinister cyberforces who steal her identity for reasons unknown. It's a clever combination of high-tech paranoia and Hitchcockian references (including Jeremy Northam as a romantic stranger named Devlin, after Cary Grant in Notorious). Film historians may look back someday on films like this--Roger Ebert calls them "hacksploitation"--to see what they reveal about our society's reaction to the increasing role of technology in our lives, just as we now study the fears of Communism and the atom bomb reflected in films of the 1950s. Dennis Miller and Diane Baker costar. --Jim Emerson
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 Visionary film March 10, 2010
M. Bell (seattle)
This movie came out quite a while ago, when the "popular" internet was still in its infancy (or toddler years). It portrayed scenarios which at the time seemed ludicrous and far-fetched. However, in 2010, identity theft is all too real since the 'net is connected to everything. I did not particularly enjoy this movie (just can't dig Sandra Bullock), but I will give the film-makers credit for their foresight.
Did you see the HUGE cell phones? February 17, 2010
Donna Strause (Richland, PA United States)
I love Sandra Bullock, so of course to me this movie is worth watching just to see her act. But I also liked the movie based on the suspense. But having said that, did you see the huge cell phones back in 1995? I forgot how big they were. It just shocked me to see how advanced technology got in 10/15 years. I love it.
 Internet Ancient but a Good Chase film Nonetheless November 23, 2009
drkhimxz (Freehold, NJ, USA)
OK: so it is not Hitchcock. It is still an entertaining thesis and a suspenseful chase. Sandra Bullock looks good and plays the hounded computer expert well. The villain is suitably villainous. The theme of lost identity is more relevant than ever. Yes, some of the action seems contrived, not so good, but to enjoy any such film one has to be able to suspend disbelief. I suppose I saw this one on television whenever it was made available, fifteen years ago, more or less, but it held up well for me. I should think most buyers (renters or what have you) will find it worth the watching.
 Entertaining, but requires suspension of disbelief October 4, 2009
Mr. Sean Kehoe (Ireland)
The Net is an entertaining thriller based on a genuinely interesting plot idea. The technical aspects of the film were fairly comical at the time, on a par with the movies in which crackers need nothing more than type "hack password" in order to break the most advanced security systems. Increased computer literacy probably helps the film appear more unintentionally funny that it was back in the day. The notion that an evil bunch of super-hackers would choose to hide themselves by sticking links to themselves on web pages seems a bit odd, as does the notion that identify theft of this magnitude is possible.
In order to accept the premise that Bullock's character has become an "unknown", we must assume that she has had literally no interaction at all with the outside world - except for her ex-boyfriend, and we're left wondering why she didn't meet at least one of his friends? It also appears that she has not visited a dentist, doctor, bank, grocery shop or anything else in four years.
The plot would have worked better if placed in a futuristic world, since there's just too much implausibility to overcome. Enjoyable thriller for luddites, and a good comedy for the technically-minded.
Way better than I expected July 3, 2009
Bluewater cruiser (san diego, ca)
I'm not normally a big fan of Bullock and the rest are unknowns to me - but the plot was pretty good (and I'm a computer xpurt) and the editing very good, and the suspense really well handled.
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