Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen in 60 years, and I've seen thousands. Seemingly huge budget, way too much unnecessarily violent action, increasingly incoherent plot, totally (all) despicable characters. It starts out with possibilities, continues through increasing implausibilities, and ends with absurd non-sense. The actors did their jobs as well as they could given the immensely flawed script; the director and editor were obviously on serious drugs, or were trying far too desperately to make a film that was uncommon enough to stand out from any crowd. But the real question is: why did anyone bother making this film? Why bother watching it? Don't bother. It's disgusting and grotesque, and ultimately confusing and boring. I hated it. Don't waste your time or money, unless you're a wannabee screenwriter studying the world's worst films, and wish to learn what not to do.

The film looks slick, the actors are good, period. End of merits. Director Assayas needs to sit down and do some homework before he writes a script. You may not be familiar with things like corporate espionage and the porn industry -though if you're going to make a film about them, you certainly should- but being blatantly ignorant about "the Internets" is just unacceptable. This movie feels as dated in most of its plot contrivances as if it was made in the eighties, but it's only five years old as I'm writing this. I mean, things like: how can a website be "highly profitable" and "impossible to find" at the same time? And if so, how come a teenage kid just goes and finds it? Oh, them kiddos with them Googles and stuff...On top of this kind of ignorant devices it's pretentious, slow-paced, full of plot holes, and just doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to point my toes downward, but if I could, I would give this film a four-thumbs-down.

"Demonlover" has an intriguing and interesting beginning, with betrayals in a corporation that is disputing a porn Manga site with a competitor. All the characters are "bad guys", and their motives are basically one: dirty money. The first hour of this movie is attractive and original, without clichés, and due to the lack of development of the characters, I was curious to know where the screenplay was going. The next thirty minutes becomes absolutely boring. However, the last thirty-nine minutes is pointless and confused, with lots of plot points, making the story completely disconnected and too long. A friend of mine recommended this movie, but in the end I was totally disappointed. My vote is four.Title (Brazil): "Espionagem na Rede" ("Espionage in the Net")

Demonlover is an intricate, absorbing and claustrophobically dramatic movie about corporate espionage, loyalty and betrayal. It tackles some interesting and relevant subject matter, and establishes characters and situations too complex to make clear sense out of. I've read some of the better interpretations by other users (for instance the thoughtful comment by the user panspermia, which however I don't agree with), and the events in this movie can certainly be perceived in a number of different ways. It's very true that there is a dominance/submission theme running through it, but the whys and wherefores of the events and reactions unfortunately tend to be too vague. I have my own interpretation of what went on (which is too lengthy to go into in detail), but my impression suffers a great deal from unclear descriptions of the companies and who are with which company. I think my interpretation works pretty well, though, even if there may be a couple of less than literal layers of the story that I'm probably missing (such as exactly what the DNA string at the end means, if anything). I'm looking forward to sometime seeing the movie a second time, and noticing more details. Disturbing as the movie is, however, I think it will be a while before I'll want to watch it again.But all in all it's an interesting and thought-provoking little movie, with great production values and good actors.7 out of 10.