The Horrors of Being Extremely Online
Hollywood’s critiques of the internet era are getting funnier and more sophisticated.
Influencers love Hollywood, but Hollywood doesn’t seem to love them back. Social-media celebrities might star in movies and reality shows, but stories about them tend to be less kind. Emily in Paris scoffs at its protagonist’s need to post everything she sees. Ingrid Goes West treats Instagram as a breeding ground for stalkers. Even Zola, which capably captures the internet’s dissociative effects, frames its narrator as an oddity, too online for her own good.
Two bold new films take a different approach. , , and , out in theaters tomorrow, challenge the notion of the influencer as mere attention seeker. Both movies feature young, barely self-aware characters glued to their screens,
