Jack and I liked a lot this story of an Instagram-obsessed stalker who, surprise, moves west to insinuate herself into a social media star's life. Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen are brilliant as Ingrid and her glossy prey Taylor and were last blogged for The Little Hours and I Saw the Light, respectively. O'Shea Jackson Jr. (made his film debut playing his father Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton) is also great as Ingrid's neighbor Dan. Pom Klementieff (in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 she played Mantis with antennae on her forehead) makes a cameo as actress Harley Chung towards the end.
Director/co-writer Matt Spicer and co-writer David Branson Smith won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance despite its being the first feature for both men. They were inspired by the movies Single White Female (1992) (it's mentioned in the script) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) in which deranged people change themselves to be like their idols. For an independent movie, this has high production values.
The composers are Jonathan Sadoff (new to these pages but scored Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Meddler, and ten episodes of Impastor) and Nick Thorburn (new to me). Trivia: the character Ingrid's last name is Thorburn. I don't remember the score--this is the last of four movies we saw in four days Labor Day weekend while I was coming down with a cold--but I found this list of songs with play buttons.
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes are averaging 85% and its audiences 79. There are only a few screenings left in these parts but its digital release is estimated for November 2017. You should see it one way or another.
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