There’s timely, and then there’s Sam Levinson’s Sundance hit “Assassination Nation,” which explores a question that continues to confound contemporary society: what happens when someone’s online existence crashes into their offline world?
The film, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year and is hitting theaters this week, explores what happens when that question must suddenly apply to an entire town. It starts with the adults — the high school principal, the mayor, public figures who should safeguard their more nefarious online dealings with care — who are all exposed to their fellow citizens via their supposedly secret online affairs.
Then, it’s everyone, including some of the town’s coolest teens, like high school senior Lily (Odessa Young) and her friends, who have their own secrets to spare. The film also stars Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra as the rest of the foursome at the center of everything,...
The film, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year and is hitting theaters this week, explores what happens when that question must suddenly apply to an entire town. It starts with the adults — the high school principal, the mayor, public figures who should safeguard their more nefarious online dealings with care — who are all exposed to their fellow citizens via their supposedly secret online affairs.
Then, it’s everyone, including some of the town’s coolest teens, like high school senior Lily (Odessa Young) and her friends, who have their own secrets to spare. The film also stars Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra as the rest of the foursome at the center of everything,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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