Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Directed by

Matt Spicer

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,075 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely young woman becomes obsessed with an Instagram influencer. She moves to Los Angeles and inserts herself into the influencer's life.

unsettlingdarkly comictensecerebralsadcringe-inducingsatiricallonely

What happens

Ingrid Goes West is a 2017 American black comedy drama film directed by Matt Spicer and written by Spicer and David Branson Smith. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, Billy Magnussen, Wyatt Russell, Pom Klementieff, and O'Shea Jackson Jr., and follows a young woman who moves to Los Angeles in an effort to befriend her Instagram idol. Spicer and Smith developed the idea for the screenplay based on their experiences with the social media platform Instagram, particularly the role of influencers and how social media can breed feelings of social comparison and loneliness. Filming took place in the Los Angeles area from July to August 2016. The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It had a limited release in the United States on August 11, 2017, by Neon, grossing $3 million. The film received positive reviews, with many praising the script, dark themes, humor, and performances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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