Benjamin Ree’s Ibelin relates a heartbreaking story in its first 10 minutes. Mats Steen, a young boy from Norway, lived a mostly happy life until being diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that prevents muscles from working correctly. He would grow up solitary and confined to a wheelchair, with his computer the only connection to the world outside his home, before eventually passing away at 25. Mats’s parents, Robert and Trude, mourn the life that their son never got to have, but it’s not until they gain access to his computer and use his blog to announce his passing that they realize their son had an online life they never knew, all stemming from his dedication to World of Warcraft.
There are people for whom what happens in the subsequent 90 minutes of the documentary will come as a surprise, and Ree plays it like it is, but...
There are people for whom what happens in the subsequent 90 minutes of the documentary will come as a surprise, and Ree plays it like it is, but...
- 1/29/2024
- by Justin Clark
- Slant Magazine
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