First off; I needed to watch this movie because of Aubrey Plaza even before I knew what the movie was about. I'm extremely biased because I would literally watch an entire movie with just her doing absolutely nothing. I just love her.
On to the movie. I really enjoyed it. Right of the bat it shows us a very unstable Ingrid who clearly has issues to work through yet I feel for her and that feeling only grows. Does that say something about me? The world we live in? Because this movie shows the brutal reality of how social media can be insanely toxic.
[spoiler] Ingrid becomes sort of this anti-hero due to her backstory (losing her mother or as she puts it 'her best friend' clearly caused deep trauma that sheds light on her actions), the characters she's surrounded herself with (especially Taylor whose toxic behavior only feed trauma that Ingrid is dealing with) and the way she seems to find genuine happiness and acceptance with Dan, struggling to balance that reality with the one she desperately wants with Taylor. [/spoiler]
[spoiler] The ending made me wonder if this turn of events is an actual positive thing for Ingrid. Initially I was happy that she survived and I already guessed things would be 'better' for her after her suicide attempt but then when her phone is handed back to her and she starts scrolling through the messages of love from her new 'fans' I thought that this is probably not better. The minute she wakes she asks for her phone, it's become the source of her troubles, a way to escape after her mother passed. Maybe it would be healthier for her if she had a break from her phone. Now she has all this influence, power if you will and it might create an even more toxic environment for her. [/spoiler]