An entertaining parable about the ups and downs of social media.

Gia Paige and Tyler Nixon share their cavorting online and trade notes afterwards ("That picture got 1,200 likes"), but when he posts a picture of her ass and tags an online guy-talk radio show, it's Game Over. Newly unencumbered, Paige encourages aunt Mona Wales to go online to find a relationship. When Wales balks, cousin Kenna James ups the ante: Paige and James will give up their phones for Lent—if Wales signs up for social media and dating sites.

Shorn of their electronic safety net, Paige and James listen to their car radio and hear Nixon talking about his relationship on the air on the guy-talk show. Angered, they head to a bar and notice that everybody is looking at their phones. Off on a cigarette break ("I'm trading one addiction for another. When I get my phone back, I'll quit smoking."), James meets cute with Small Hands, who also has no phone, but by choice.

While they are hooking up, Paige takes solace in a book she finds. A note falls out of the book and Paige takes a pen and writes a response. Paige and the mystery guy start corresponding, on paper, through the mail, setting in motion a classic plot that can be traced back to the 1940 mainstream film The Shop Around the Corner. They get to know each other through their letters, and he sends her a landline phone so they can talk.

Wales, on the other hand, is apprehensive about meeting somebody she found online. He seems to be more worldly and attractive than she can handle. Everything goes well until the guy (Marcus London) kisses her apprehensively and awkwardly splits.

Employing her skills in the romance genre, St. James ties up the various threads neatly. Love in the Digital Age scored eight AVN nominations, including nods for the screenplay, cinematography and acting (both Paige and Pierce). Recommend with confidence to couples and feature fans.