Simply Perfect

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

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.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Though it might seem like the main character is the antagonist in this comedy drama,towards the end you'll come to view her differently. At the beginning of the movie, we see that her obsessive need to end her friendlessness and solitude has damaged her psychologically, leading her to attack a woman who has just got married.Plaza's portrayal of Ingrid perfectly demonstrates how desperate this bid to make friends has become. Yet, despite the comedy element weaving its way through the plot, the dramatic side of the story is never neglected. It is keenly felt in two specific scenes in the movie: the one where she returns to an empty house after her mother had died - having been in a psychiatric hospital - and the one where Taylor Sloane, the second woman Ingrid has tried to befriend, confronts her. The latter outcome arises from the actions of Taylor's vain, smartarse, obnoxious brother.If this were a thriller, Ingrid would be painted as the crazy, villainous stalker. However, in this dark comedy, the director and writer take the bold step of making Ingrid the victim. That what makes this scene the more tragic of the two I singled out - she is emotionally ripped to pieces by the people she was allegedly stalking. This plainly illustrates that Ingrid Is far from being a psycho - she's just someone who sadly can't differentiate between a username on someone's social media account from being an actual friend. This take on the cyber stalker film offers a fresh view on the person doing the stalking. Through Plaza's mesmerising performance, we get to see her motivation and her soul-destroying obsession to be someone's friend.

While this movie might end up looking obsolete in a few years depending on where technology goes, sociologically, it's damn on point and prescient. Not so much funny as dark and disturbing, it did a good job of showing how empty everyone was, even the so-called "heroes." The ending was a nice touch as well.

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.

"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.