Overview
A darkly comedic exploration of obsession in the age of social media.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- cringe
- sardonic
- uncomfortable
- late night viewing
- indie comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Aubrey Plaza's shape-shifting performance and the film's timely dark satire of social-media validation, while finding its treatment of mental illness and technology less penetrating than it could be.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Taylor's curated Instagram persona and Ingrid's compulsive imitation expose the pressure to turn private life into a public brand.
Ingrid follows Taylor's online life, relocates to Los Angeles, and engineers access to her target's personal circle.
Ingrid's awkward attempts at intimacy are funny, but her stalking, deception, and emotional volatility make the humor deeply uncomfortable.
Ingrid moves to Los Angeles to enter Taylor's boho-chic influencer world, where homes, friendships, and experiences function as content.
Films like Ingrid Goes West, and why
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Shares darkly comic discomfort, obsessive behavior, and skewering of contemporary social performance.
The King of Comedy
Shares an unsettling antiheroine, corrosive social ambition, and satirical examination of mediated identity.
To Die For
Shares black humor, outsider protagonists, and escalating fixation within a superficially glamorous social world.
The Art of Self-Defense
Shares contemporary alienation, internet-era intimacy, and a blend of comedy with emotional unease.
Movie Details
- Director
- Matt Spicer
- Release Date
- 2017-08-11
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1110)
Cast
- Aubrey Plaza
- Elizabeth Olsen
- O'Shea Jackson Jr.
- Wyatt Russell
- Billy Magnussen
- Pom Klementieff
- Hannah Pearl Utt
- Joseph Breen
- Angelica Amor
- Meredith Hagner
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ingrid Goes West about?
- A lonely woman manufactures an Instagram friendship with a lifestyle celebrity, turning online envy into a sharply uncomfortable descent into obsession.
- What is Ingrid Goes West like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ingrid Goes West as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Ingrid Goes West violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ingrid Goes West as mild.
- What did critics think of Ingrid Goes West?
- Critics broadly praised Aubrey Plaza's shape-shifting performance and the film's timely dark satire of social-media validation, while finding its treatment of mental illness and technology less penetrating than it could be.
- Which films are like Ingrid Goes West?
- Films with a similar feel include Welcome to the Dollhouse, The King of Comedy, To Die For, and The Art of Self-Defense.
- How long is Ingrid Goes West?
- Ingrid Goes West runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ingrid Goes West?
- In United States, Ingrid Goes West streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
