The Heart Machine

Cody, a lonely young man who spends much of his time in online dating, begins a relationship with Virginia. The two flirt and grow close, but they live in different cities, so meeting in person keeps being postponed. Over time Cody starts to suspect that Virginia has been deceiving him and that she in fact lives in the same city as he does. He sets out to find her, and the search unsettles the distance relationship he thought he understood.

The Heart Machine is a 2014 American drama and thriller directed by Zachary Wigon, who also wrote the screenplay. It was produced by Lucas Joaquin and Alex Scharfman through Parts and Labor, and runs 85 minutes. John Gallagher Jr. plays Cody and Kate Lyn Sheil plays Virginia, with supporting roles for David Call, Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge and Halley Wegryn Gross. It was Wigon's first feature as director, followed years later by Sanctuary and Victorian Psycho.

The film drew a film critics' rating of 6.9/10 from 22 reviews, which sits noticeably above its audience scores: 5.8/10 on IMDb from 721 votes and 5.4/10 on TMDB from 27 votes. That gap points to a film that reviewers received more warmly than general viewers did.