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Not Okay (2022)

Not Okay poster
Directed by
Quinn Shephard
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 514 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman fakes being a survivor of a bombing to gain online fame and attention. Her lie spirals out of control as she tries to maintain her false persona.

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What happens

Not Okay is a 2022 American satirical black comedy-drama film written and directed by Quinn Shephard. It stars Zoey Deutch as a young woman who desperately wants to be famous and beloved on the Internet, succeeding when she pretends to be a survivor of a bombing. It also stars Mia Isaac, Nadia Alexander, Embeth Davidtz, Karan Soni, and Dylan O'Brien. Not Okay was released on July 29, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures on Hulu. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with the performances of Deutch and O'Brien being widely praised. A trigger warning at the beginning that mentioned an "unlikable female protagonist" as a possible issue for viewers, intended as a commentary on some viewers at test screenings questioning why a film with such a character had even been made, generated some controversy when viewers took it as seriously intended. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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