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Not Okay

Not Okay

2022

Quinn Shephard

Zoey Deutch, Mia Isaac, Negin Farsad, Dylan O'Brien ...

5.4

810

Comedy. Drama A misguided young woman, desperate for friends and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to update her social media presence. A terrifying incident takes place in the real world which becomes a part of the imaginary trip and offers all she wanted.

	Author	Review
United States	Barry Levitt SlashFilm	"One of the most pleasant surprises of 2022"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Internet culture sucks, but this painfully sharp satire doesn't"	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"The talented writer-director’s sophomore effort awkwardly critiques internet fame as a coping mechanism"	NEU
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Shepard’s reach might exceed her grasp, but there’s no question that she takes risks and is a filmmaker of notable promise"	POS
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"Shephard is still a percolating talent to watch, even if her slickly executed, attitude-thick second feature ultimately doesn’t illuminate social-media psychology about victims and villains beyond what you already knew."	NEU
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"Thankfully, Deutch is intensely clued into her character’s feverish wavelength (...) It’s a marvelous performance that proves the film’s point: Nothing is more compelling than authenticity"	POS
United States	Marshall Shaffer The Playlist	"It loses the thread in a sea of topicality. No matter the potency contained in portions of her message, 'Not Okay' is muddled by her delivery through the wrong medium"	NEG
United States	Barry Levitt SlashFilm	"An incisive, witty, and exciting take on becoming an adult in a social-media-crazed world. It understands the impact of how growing up with things like Twitter and Instagram can impact people"	POS
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"'Not Okay' doesn’t make any points that, now over a decade into the ubiquity of social media, aren’t painfully obvious(…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Tomris Laffly AV Club	"Watching 'Not Okay' is like watching this remarkable young talent grow up in real time, as she explores her preoccupations and anxieties on a much larger canvas"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"'Not Okay' ends up somewhere in a valley between satire and character study. It’s not sharp enough to be the former and not realistic enough to be the latter (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"'Not Okay' hits its marks more often than not, and at its best it illustrates, step by inexorable step, how a carefully sculpted social media persona can encourage people to fake their way into a real crisis"	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"It’s a familiar trajectory portrayed with a boldly wanton disregard for the consequences (...) Shephard understands the value of holding horrible people accountable"	POS
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"'Not Okay' is a lightning-quick, irreverent comedy with a breakout performance from Mia Isaac (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The dark comedy about a white woman who fakes trauma for clout is like many films about social media – at times unnerving but just a little off (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"'Not Okay' is trying extremely hard, whether to be a dark comedy that can shock the audience, or trying to present a criticism of social media and clout chasers that should be obvious to anyone that lives in the real world"	NEG
United States	John Serba Decider	"Writer-director Quinn Shephard’s satirical carpetbombing of Clickbait Nation is stylish, witty and entertaining, with a pair of terrific performances by Deutch and Isaac and opposite sides of the sincerity coin"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"It has its problems, but there's much to like (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"Zoey Deutch shines as the (mostly) unlikable lead in 'Not Okay', an incisive and entertaining satire of social media influencers and fame (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"'Not Okay' is one of those of-the-moment ideas that makes you take inventory of where we are, and the manipulation that can play into who commands the spotlight"	POS

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