Satire and thriller which doesn't quite work
- Ingrid Goes West review by JR
There are two parts to this film, one satirizes the 'perfect' lives people show on Instagram, and the other is a dark stalker thriller along the lines of 'Single White female', which is actually mentioned in the film. But the two sit very uncomfortably together. The satire is not particularly funny because it satirizes the same thing over and over again. Taylor is a superficial butterfly who uses people and curates her life for public view on Instagram. Ingrid is an obsessed stalker who will stop at nothing to insinuate herself into Taylor's life, even murder. She is devious, manipulative and devoid of any compassion; but the film seems to somewhat excuse Ingrid by saying it's all because of these people flaunting the lie of a perfect life on the web. The cast is strong, but the screenplay is problematic and fudges the ending.
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Dark fun
- Ingrid Goes West review by PC
This may not be as satirical as it wants to be but it does have something to say about celebrity and the dangers of placing your life on the internet for everyone to see. Aubrey Plaza is great as the title character and shows that her great turn in Legion is no one off.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Dark humour rules
- Ingrid Goes West review by TE
This is a well worked, dark satire on contemporary neuroses about social media, celebrity and loneliness.
It is both funny (in dark ways) and tragic in its portrayal of delusional image addiction.
Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen are excellent.
The ending is particularly bleak, despite its apparent sugar coating.
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Just okay
- Ingrid Goes West review by BE
Not much empathy for the inwardly cold individual that is Ingrid. I should imagine she must have had a dysfunctional upbringing. Unsure of the movie's genre - certainly would not class it as a comedy. Apart from Ingrid's well balanced landlord, most of the other characters in the movie present as shallow and unimpressive individuals.
2 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Interesting
- Ingrid Goes West review by CP Customer
I did like it, it is stimulating because you really want more films on this subject. I think they dont have to be so rich and living in such an extremely unusually nice areas. It would work, and be very interesting in any class.
In fact it would have worked better if the elizabeth olsen character was much more monsterous. Ive met people like her and some of them are properly extremely superficial judgemental dead inside body fascists.
Spoiler: the end is a proper unrealistic wuss out. Its really good to look at the psychology of mediating our relationships through tech that also spies on us, does to people. Back tracking on that critique is lame.
Im not sure why her boyfriend forgave her so readily? Choas spinners like that should be always be avoided.
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Fast paced comedy of cringe
- Ingrid Goes West review by AER
Well-acted, fast-moving and predictable, Ingrid Goes West capitalises on the cult appeal of Aubrey Plaza. It's a telling satire for our times where social media rules everything. This is a comedy about a young woman's obsession with an IG influencer to the extent that she moves to LA and infiltrates her life. Only we (the viewer) see how vapid and fake the influencer (played by Elisabeth Olsen) is. It's funny, and light offering moments of troubling drama. It's a sharp tack in with all the vapid Mean Girls clones.... Worth a one-off watch.
6 out of 10
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