Michael's Movie Grade: A+
Review: Ok, I'm calling this, this is the best movie of the year. True it is only August, but I simply don't see how any upcoming movie is going to top it. This is a very intelligent, fascinating, funny and thought provoking movie, that will keep your eyes glued to the screen from beginning to end.
What really makes this movie work so well is the main character, Ingrid. Never for a second is this character not absolutely fascinating. We are allowed to view her as a comedic figure, a scary person, a very tragic case and most importantly a human being. Though through all this we never get to know fully who the real her is, because to be honest she doesn't know either. We get bits and pieces, but there is always something missing. Like Michel from Breathless is a character we are not certain could exist as he is without movies, we are not sure Ingrid could exist if not for social media. Her life is dominated by social media and she too often views it as real life. Because of this what we see of her through a lot of the film we are not sure whether it is real or a façade. However with this we still relate so fully to this character. Sadly this may be because there is more of us in her than we care to fully admit, and what we see of ourselves in her may not be something we are always comfortable with while watching. As you might guess this is not an easy character to play, however it would be impossible to find a better actress for the part than Aubrey Plaza. She plays this role to absolute perfection and hugely because of this performance the character feels so completely real to us.
While this movie is hugely a comedy, there is little that is light about this movie. While some of the Batman jokes (many of which are very funny) wouldn't seem out of place in a typical light comedy, the majority of this film's humor is extremely dark. Often I laughed at a joke, but felt a little like I shouldn't be laughing, because of the sad or frightening nature of these jokes. However this does not diminish that the humor in this movie is really good and often laugh out loud hilarious.
This is the feature film debut for director and co-writer Matt Spicer and what a debut it is. I am very much looking forward to what this guy will do in the future as he has brought us a true work of cinematic art here.
This movie probably won't receive the mainstream popularity it completely deserves, but make sure you dear reader do not pass by this brilliant movie. I am sure there is much of this film that will stay imprinted in your mind like it will be forever imprinted in mine. This is certainly a movie you will never forget.
-Michael J. Ruhland.
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