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Dir: Matt Spicer (15 98 mins)
The permanently sardonic Aubrey Plaza is on excellent form in this blackly comic tale of a social media stalker that has plenty to say about our Instagram obsessions. We are introduced to Ingrid (Plaza), a sociopath who stalks people online and turns up to a ‘friend’s’ wedding day with pepper spray for the bride. Following a spell in a mental hospital, Ingrid turns her desperate attentions to Taylor (Elisabeth Olsen), an Instagrammer leading a life that appears insanely glamorous. So Ingrid goes to LA determined to become her BFF and after a bit of dog-napping becomes exactly that. O’Shea Jackson plays the wannabe screenwriter who tries to dissuade Ingrid from her task, which ultimately leads to disaster. Not quite as dark as it could have been, this still highlights the vacuity of social media, its exploitation of hope and its addictiveness. Plaza’s tortured and layered performance adds weight to the glibness and while the film may not completely pay off it mostly satisfies. Hashtag smiley face.
Opens November 17