Ingrid Goes West

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Ingrid Goes West

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2017

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession, a Los Angeles socialite named Taylor Sloane. After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of buddies, the facade begins to crack in both women's lives -- with comically malicious results.

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Critics Consensus

Led by strong performances from Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen, Ingrid Goes West delivers smart, topical humor underlined by timely social observations.

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Emma Snape

Bitch Media

03/01/2021

Earnest character work by Plaza, Olson, and O'Shea Jackson Jr., stylistically relevant visuals, and emphatic themes surpasses the script's numerous pitfalls.

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Brent McKnight

Seattle Times

07/01/2020

B+

Relevant, timely, and uncomfortably close to home, Ingrid Goes West delivers a quirky, fun, brutally awkward, legitimately unsettling cautionary tale about influencer culture and social media obsession.

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

08/27/2018

2/4

The people examined by the film are as paper thin as the pixels that make the images on their phones, and have as much depth as an evaporated gully.

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

08/09/2024

3/5

Ingrid Goes West tells an engaging story with a strong, fascinating character study at the centre, but the film shocks with unbelievability towards the very end, and then, simply sends out a completely wrong message.

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Clayton Schuster

Vague Visages

12/06/2023

Unexplored potential aside, there is a deeper issue which casts Ingrid Goes West, for me at least, in a pale rather than neon light.

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Shannon O'Connor

The Daily Beast

02/28/2023

One of Plaza’s greatest talents is her ability to make you see and feel the most vulnerable parts of people—and this is beautifully on display in Ingrid.

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Olaf H

@Bopser Jul 11

Cynical feel-good ending that acts as an endorsement of suicide: try to kill yourself, stream it online, and everything will just work out. This film serves as a blueprint for many teen suicides

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Elvis P

@RT88584469 Apr 18

Interesting subject that reflects the current society. Good actres and actors that support in a black comedy the reality.

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Bucky R

@Bucky3085 Mar 18

Plaza may be typecast at this point, but it's cuz she's good at this kind of character. The movie finds its way in the second half.

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D P

@RT45936356 Jan 24

Okay, but I was actually expecting a more dramatic or clever ending. The ending was a bit pathetic. I was thinking "You" or "Saltburn", and then the main character just wilted. But I stayed tuned. It kept me watching. I just wanted more from the main character. It was like she was almost a sociopath, but then she just couldn't go all the way with the sociopathy. It's very much like a real person, but that doesn't make good TV.

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Dennui S

@dennui Nov 14

Solid satire of social media and influencers. Aubrey Plaza is perfect.

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Jeffrey P

@vanillavoodoo1 03/20/2025

Solid offbeat comedy from 2017 that is still just as relevant today as it confirms what the majority of folks already knew - most people on social media are certifiably insane. Gotta love a movie that brings truths to light.

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Matt Spicer

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Ingrid Thorburn

Elizabeth Olsen

Taylor Sloane

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

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Wyatt Russell

Ezra O'Keefe

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Synopsis

Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession, a Los Angeles socialite named Taylor Sloane. After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of buddies, the facade begins to crack in both women's lives -- with comically malicious results.

Director: Matt Spicer
Producer: Jared Goldman, Tim White, Trevor White, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza
Screenwriter: Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Mighty Engine, 141 Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Use|Disturbing Behavior|Language Throughout|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0M
Runtime: 1h 38m