Ingrid Goes West

2017 Directed by Matt Spicer

She'll follow you.

Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

Aubrey Plaza Elizabeth Olsen O'Shea Jackson Jr. Wyatt Russell Billy Magnussen Pom Klementieff Joseph Breen Hannah Pearl Utt Angelica Amor Meredith Hagner Charlie Wright Dennis Atlas Jay Weingarten Malika Williams Vincent van Hinte Tina Lorraine Megan Griffey Destiny Soria Luis Deveze Andrew Horschak Jana Ritter

Alternative Titles

网美嬉游记, Ingrid perd le nord, אינגריד מאבדת את הצפון, אינגריד נוסעת מערבה, 언프리티 소셜 스타, Ингрид едет на Запад, 網美嬉遊記

drama comedy

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Review by willa ★★½ 5

in this house we support aubrey plaza in everything she does
Review by iana ★★★½ 7

as someone who can’t handle second hand embarrassment, this was torture
Review by Jacob ★★★★½ 29

[Content warning for in-depth discussion of mental health]
"Are you literally insane?"
Media depictions and understandings of mental illness, outside of abject figures in horror, are rare. When we do get these depictions, depression and anxiety tend to be what we see. These are the more common mental illnesses that many people experience in their lives, and they undoubtedly come with their own significant struggles. We aren't at a point yet where depression as an illness is truly understood by society at large, but as far as mental illnesses go, it's probably the closest to being there. Personality disorders are another story -- they're uglier, scarier. But they're no less real, and they're no less deserving of being understood.
It's…
Review by Lucy ★★★½ 2

i can’t wait to go back to LA next week and have an existential crisis every time i pull out my phone to snap a picture because i remember this movie exists
Review by Lulu ★★★★ 18

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

"I know there's something wrong with me, but I don't know how to fix it, and I don't know how to change. And I just... don't think I can change. So maybe I'm just... maybe this is just who I am. And maybe I'm just tired of trying to make people like me. I'm tired of pretending like I'm someone I'm not. And I'm tired of being alone. And I'm just... just tired of being me, so..."
Ingrid Goes West is very, very difficult to watch. For me, at least. It has its fair share of awkward moments, sure, but it's by far the most shockingly realistic depiction of someone with BPD that I have ever seen. The mood swings,…
Review by katie ★★★★½ 3

“I’m just... I’m just tired of being me.”
Review by Matthew Saponar ★★★½

ice cube junior is a fucking saint
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★★

aubrey plaza is definitely some kind of ethereal and otherworldly entity and i am in love with her
Review by Evan ★★★★ 4

Ingrid Goes West is the best dark comedy I've seen in a LONG time. Honestly, this movie is pretty fucked up lol. I've been dying to see a good comedy all year and we finally got one! This film has A LOT to say about the current status of social media, but it never gets preachy or tries to teach you lessons. It's very refreshing and very funny.
I am shocked at how good the performances were in Ingrid Goes West. Seriously, it's one of the best acted movies I've seen all year. Everyone completely sells their character.
Aubrey Plaza gives the best performance of her career. She has perfected the psychopath role.
Elizabeth Olsen was really great in Wind…
Review by lauren ★★★★ 3

what is ingrid going to do without net neutrality :(
Review by davidehrlich ★★½ 2

“No one is as happy as they seem on Instagram, as depressed as they seem on Twitter, or as insufferable as they seem on Facebook.”
If you’re reading this review, odds are you’ve probably stumbled across that cute axiom (or one of its interchangeable variations) at some point or another in the years since the world submitted itself to the emotional slaughterhouse that is social media. And if you’ve ever had an Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook account of your own, odds are you know just how true that truism tends to be. And yet, for some reason, it still needs to be said. Everybody curates their own image on the internet, but we’re all so good at it that nobody…
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★½ 5

i'm very glad this movie wasn't just "uhh isn't it wacky how much millenials love their phones" for 90 minutes. but i'm also kind of annoyed about what the ending suggested it actually was?
this movie is almost entirely crafted around aubrey plaza's strengths as an actor, and it's so well done that plenty of scenes could be seen as either comedic or dramatic, depending on how much of the audience is laughing. the only thing that struck me as unsettling was the very last scene, which sends a very weird message about plaza's fate and kinda left me a bit confused as to what matt spicer wanted to say. i really enjoyed it though– o'shea jackson's character was annoying at first but slowly became very endearing and funny. billy magnussen's character was the exact opposite and i hate him

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Review by arianne🥀 ★★★½

people only care about u if ur dying 🤪
i enjoyed this, but i feel like it was quite restrained? idk. i wanted more crazy, more outrage, just... more of everything they were giving me.
Review by rose ★★★

imagine kung nasa pinas si ingrid e di lalo siyang naulol sa bagal ng internet
Review by clarence ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

So relatable. I'd also kidnap and beat up someone for Aubrey Plaza.
Review by mattiki ★★★

Good acting. The ending didn’t really tie anything together she’s still insane ??? The black mirror episode was better xx
Review by hadiitawi ★★★★★

Two Words : Elizabeth Olsen ❤❤
Review by James💫 ★★★½ 5

film club's 1 year anniversary scavenger hunt (13/21): In honor of all those who think ~arthouse~ iSn’T tHeIr TaSte, watch a film typically dismissed as a “chick flick,” preferably one that is obviously cornering the preteen girl middle school slumber party watchlist. (Kyle)
anyone wanna be my Ingrid? 🤷‍♂️💯😂‼️
Review by sapien1985 ★★½

Social media messes with your brain I think as I literally post this on a form of social media.
Review by bobinha ★★

cara eu fiquei com tanta vergonha alheia nesse filme que quase me enfiei no chão
Review by James Divasta ★★★½

Kinda okish ending, very cool take on the whole idea of false idols and the influencer culture that populates so many of our social medias.
But man will I watch anything with Aubrey Plaza in it, she delivers always, and when she does delivers, she delivers very well.
Review by quantnoir ★★★½

Saw in theater.
Review by valentina ★★★★★

I LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Review by rosenbee ★

aubrey plaza is cute but this movie is so dumb i couldnt finish it