I heard of this for a while and gave it a shot since I like Aubrey Plaza and it turned out to be better than expected.
Ingrid Goes West follows Ingrid, a social media stalker that moves to LA to befriend her new Instagram idol, Taylor.
The film is an obvious study on the dangers of social media and specifically the obsession people get towards certain influencers and Ingrid Goes West executes this idea pretty well. What I loved here were the performances. Aubrey Plaza was a great choice for this film and she gave an outstanding performance playing a lonely and obsessive stalker. Elizabeth Olsen was also really good and acted the traits you would expect in a social media influencer in a convincing way. O'Shea Jackson Jr was great in Straight Outta Compton and once again delivers a strong performance here. I really liked his character and he played it off very well. Wyatt Russell did a good job and Billy Magnussen was also great. For his directorial debut, Matt Spicer does well in bringing to light this story. He knows how to use comedy during a scene and is able to bring out emotion wherever necessary. As much as I like the performances and premise, there isn't anything special about it. The film is engaging but goes down a predictable route and isn't something I feel like revisiting or remembering.
Ingrid Goes West is a well made film with solid performances and explores its themes relating to social media obsession and loneliness in a competent way. It's just not a film that I have much to say on and won't stick with me in the long run.
Ingrid Goes West follows Ingrid, a social media stalker that moves to LA to befriend her new Instagram idol, Taylor.
The film is an obvious study on the dangers of social media and specifically the obsession people get towards certain influencers and Ingrid Goes West executes this idea pretty well. What I loved here were the performances. Aubrey Plaza was a great choice for this film and she gave an outstanding performance playing a lonely and obsessive stalker. Elizabeth Olsen was also really good and acted the traits you would expect in a social media influencer in a convincing way. O'Shea Jackson Jr was great in Straight Outta Compton and once again delivers a strong performance here. I really liked his character and he played it off very well. Wyatt Russell did a good job and Billy Magnussen was also great. For his directorial debut, Matt Spicer does well in bringing to light this story. He knows how to use comedy during a scene and is able to bring out emotion wherever necessary. As much as I like the performances and premise, there isn't anything special about it. The film is engaging but goes down a predictable route and isn't something I feel like revisiting or remembering.
Ingrid Goes West is a well made film with solid performances and explores its themes relating to social media obsession and loneliness in a competent way. It's just not a film that I have much to say on and won't stick with me in the long run.