Review: ‘Not Okay’ tries to indict performative activists. Here’s why it falls short
Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), the protagonist of “Not Okay,” isn’t meant to be liked. In fact, the viewer is explicitly warned to this effect: “This film contains flashing lights, themes of trauma, and an unlikable female protagonist.”
“Not Okay,” written and directed by Quinn Shephard and premiering Friday on Hulu, follows through on its promise. After failing at work, feeling lonely and craving respect as a writer, Danni uses her social media to pretend to be on a writer’s retreat in Paris — and then, when a terrorist
