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Ingrid Goes West (2017)

August. 11,2017
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6.6
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R
| Drama Comedy
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Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

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UnowPriceless
2017/08/11

hyped garbage

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Acensbart
2017/08/12

Excellent but underrated film

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Kidskycom
2017/08/13

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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TrueHello
2017/08/14

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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rob-furney
2017/08/15

Quite enjoyed this film but corona has more screen time than any of the actors

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jtindahouse
2017/08/16

'Ingrid Goes West' is like a train wreck happening before your eyes. It's tough to watch, but you can't look away. It's not tough in the sense that it's a bad movie (it's actually a surprisingly good movie), it's tough to watch in the sense that this character ('Ingrid') is so damaged, confused and broken that it is nothing short of heart-breaking. As she is even told at one point in the movie she needs professional help. The line drawn between comedy and drama is a fine one here. To me this is almost entirely a drama, with only the odd speck of humour thrown in the mix. Having said that if someone told me they found this a very funny and even light-hearted movie I could understand that perspective as well. I think it works best as a very dark drama though. A character study of someone who is not right in the mind.I thoroughly enjoyed the performance of O'Shea Jackson Jr. in the film. His character (a Batman lover, much like myself) brought some real and genuine charm to the film. His character perfectly balanced things out for 'Ingrid' and gave her character hope of a better "normal" life. As an audience member it was important to have him there. If she was entirely on her own I think it would be too bleak to bear. For me 'Ingrid Goes West' was a tough watch, but a worthy one nonetheless. I'm glad I saw it, but I don't think I ever want to watch it again.

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hebbiz
2017/08/17

If you are looking for a comedy for a beer&popcorn evening, look somewhere else.This movie is a modern drama, which catches you in uneasy feeling from the very beginning and continues to do so until the final scene. Sometimes it is fun, but mostly the humor leaves you with the feeling of incompleteness. The plot is very straight-line and gives no food for thought apart from the main idea of the movie - how destructive social media might be for one's ego. The motto of the film is "be yourself", however the presentation of this idea is very weak in my humble opinion.

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jadavix
2017/08/18

"Ingrid Goes West" is a kind of comedy thriller for the 2010's, a movie that could have easily been a successor to "Single White Female" but is more interested in satire than thrills.Ingrid Thorburn is a mentally ill woman who is obsessed with social media "stars". You know the type: people who are famous for nothing more than broadcasting every aspect of their lives on sites like Facebook and Instagram. When we first meet Ingrid, she attacks a woman whose wedding she crashes, leading us to assume that they were once close friends. We soon realise that they had never met in person; Ingrid believes "likes" on Facebook are a superior substitute for real-world friendship.One of the troubling things "Ingrid Goes West" makes us realise is that it is understandable to believe that. The social media "influencer" Ingrid becomes obsessed with is able to extensively curate her life - or the image of it she makes available to people. When we meet her, we notice all is not as perfect as it is made to seem. We see items as they are made to appear online, but we can now also see the space around them. Taylor, the "influencer", is married to the exact kind of husband you would expect such a person to have - with his man-bun and beard - and yet, after some drinks, reveals he is not quite happy, and we see that Taylor co-opts his interests just as Ingrid co-opts hers.This is another observation the film has: perhaps one must be empty to succeed at celebrity in this day and age. Does this explain those pretend-celebrities, whose names you all know (I'm not going to type them here), people who are famous for reasons no one seems to comprehend?Back in the day people got famous for talents, deeds, or looks. But if you're the world's greatest guitar player, what about all those people who don't like the way guitars sound? If you're a good looking brunette, what about all those people who prefer blondes? Being famous for nothing puts nothing in between you and your "followers". If some people don't like the current you, you can try something else for the next Instagram post; maybe that will hook them.The older generation wants to know how they got airtime in the first place. The younger generation doesn't care: they just want to know what they had for dinner.

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