24 Hours on Craigslist

This film was so poorly shot, I had a headache for 2 hours after. The storyline was abysmal at best...I mean, given the size of the community there has to be much more interesting content that could've been included. I also have a hard time believing it a true documentary, as some of the people interviewed were painfully acting their way through their "story". If there had been more stories like the couple that sold their stuff to travel around the world, it may have at least had content. But back to the shooting- over/underexposed and completely unsteady (I understand a style, this was not it). It might explain if all of the shooters were doing it for free from a CL listing in exchange for a credit. Although, if I had shot it and received credit, I would have used a pseudonym.

This movie barely captures the essence of Craigslist and does a mediocre and, frankly, boring job of it at that. Most of the time is spent on the shock value of 4-way gay orgies and things of that nature--things that have been occurring long before CL and have little to do with the site and community other than that's how this particular gay-guy-gang-bang happened to organize itself.

What about all us regular folk who find apartments, jobs, sports teams, even entire networks of friends on CL? Yes, the film brushed by that, but with some very boring and typical stories. What about those of us who have started entire businesses on the Internet and couldn't have done it without Craigslist? Or someone who really made a big difference in someone else's life because of CL? You know those stories are out there. My life is the extraordinary product of some of them.

This is an amateur film (doesn't really even deserve the perceived value of "indy") that chose to focus on the freakish, predictable and boring aspects of a web site that has revolutionalized economies and markets and done an unquantifiable amount of good in millions of peoples' lives. I wouldn't be surprised if this film inspires a more talented and creative film maker to one-up this poor offering.

A very cool film-- I caught it at the SF IndieFest earlier this year, and it was the best thing I'd seen in a while. I find most documentaries boring and pedantic, but this read like a wildlife film where humans are the exotic animals. Trannies, diabetic cats, angry roommates, new age gurus, my favorite was the houseboat story. There's probably about 100 stories crammed into this film, but the whole is greater then the sum of its parts-- the world is becoming decentralized, and this film shows how craigslist is the glue that's bringing urban life back together, both in content and structure. With scenes like a sudden flash mob in downtown San Francisco, this is a fun flick even if you're not a craigslist fan already. One of the best docs this year

I recently watched the documentary film '24 Hours on Craigslist' in San Francisco and I really enjoyed it. The film does a great job of tying together the nearly impossible: a random day of posts on Craigslist. This documentary is worth watching purely for the characters interviewed by the film. They are at times hilariously funny (some intentionally so) and provide a voyeuristic glimpse into who it is that drives the site's populist appeal: us.

I doubt my 70 year old dad, who uses craigslist regularly, would relate to or understand most of the folks in the film. But that's not really the point. '24 Hours on Craigslist' it makes you question who uses the site if we only saw 88 stories? What were the other 99.5% of people posting on Craigslist like and how much stranger could they be?

I will say that the rapid edits and amateurish shooting styles (different camera operators) make this indie documentary a little hard to watch at times but I definitely recommend this film.

Everyone has a Craigslist story-- selling my furniture, renting an apartment, finding a new roommate, butler for hire, selling 250 pairs of army surplus pants, "Ethel Merman" looking for a 70s band,rent a husband, etc etc.

This is a way to get to know in 80 minutes a laid back version of San Francisco, all that we love and hate about it. Touching stories as well as the outrageous!

Is there a Craig for Craiglist? This is a story within a story-- "Craig is a giant computer underneath the stands at Kezar stadium?; How does craigslist make enough money to stay on the web? (no ads you know)

We need a Craiglist movie for New York, London, Paris and the other 25 plus cities where it operates.

Great movie