This movie is actually very smart compared to vapid people it portrays. Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen's acting is what really saves this movie. How do I put it, you either really like this movie or you don't. There is no inbetween on this one. This movie is a genius commentary on our society's social media usage today and how toxic it can be to someone's well being. Ingrid Thorburn is a mentally unstable woman who places social media on high pedestal to how she models her life. She becomes obsessed with Taylor Sloane who feels like any Instagram influencer you can find today. The plot basically follows Ingrid slow decent into madness with her social media obsession with being BFFs with Taylor Sloane. In the end Ingrid ends up getting her own following by posting her failed suicide attempt. So she finally gets the validation that she was looking for in the end even if it came at the almost cost of her life. I liked this movie because it really did show how dependent some people have become getting their life validations from social media and how everything isn't always what it seems like it is online. Elizabeth Olsen is very convincing playing a shallow Instagram influencer. Aubrey Plaza plays crazy just well enough to be likeable in the end. Like I said you either gonna love the message it sends or you're gonna hate it because it doesn't really follow a cookie cutter Hollywood story.
Review of Ingrid Goes West
