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Title: Ingrid Goes West (2017)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Aubrey Plaza | ... | Ingrid Thorburn | |
| Elizabeth Olsen | ... | Taylor Sloane | |
| O'Shea Jackson Jr. | ... | Dan Pinto | |
| Wyatt Russell | ... | Ezra O'Keefe | |
| Billy Magnussen | ... | Nicky Sloane | |
| Pom Klementieff | ... | Harley Chung | |
| Hannah Pearl Utt | ... | Nicole (as Hannah Utt) | |
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Joseph Breen | ... | Garth Lafayette |
| Angelica Amor | ... | Cindy | |
| Meredith Hagner | ... | Charlotte (as Meredith Kathleen Hagner) | |
| Charlie Wright | ... | Chuck | |
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Dennis Atlas | ... | Buck |
| Malika Williams | ... | Nurse | |
| Luis Deveze | ... | Mechanic | |
| Jay Speedy Weingarten | ... | Waiter (as Jason Weingarten) | |
Ingrid Thorburn is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing "likes" for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane is an Instagram-famous "influencer" whose perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid's latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star's life, their relationship quickly goes from #BFF to #WTF.
Aubrey Plaza is *always* fun to watch. It seems as if she can pull off any role thrown at her. The trailer for Ingrid Goes West looks like a comedy, but this film is deep.
In a genius writing move, Ingrid is given almost no backstory, because it doesn't matter. She's as much a force as she is a person. Calculating, manipulative, expertly building an Instagram brand by leeching off a popular grammer, she represents all that is obsessive and voyeuristic about social media, taken to a toxic, narcissistic extreme. And, everyone is to blame except the lovable Dan, who is perhaps the most sympathetic character of all.
The film is engaging all the way through as Ingrid rises, then falls, then explodes, then rises again, all of it fueled by her desperate need for validation by association. The story plays like a long metaphor, a morality play examining the social media phenomenon from several angles with power and a deftness that lands it's blows softly and unexpectedly.
I highly recommend this film!