7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Ingrid Thorburn is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing "likes" for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane is an Instagram-famous "influencer" whose perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid's latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star's life, their relationship quickly goes from #BFF to #WTF.
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy MagnussenDrama | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Ingrid Goes West: social (media) commentary or Horror film? Director Matt Spicer's picture about a troubled young woman searching for meaning, friendship, everything but herself in today's hashtag world is an occasionally funny but frequently dark tale about today's digital traps and the dangers of intersecting real life and the façades people make in it with the digital and the façades people make in it. Ingrid travels across the country in search of "truth" and "happiness" she finds in the digital medium, leaving behind past online hurts and the horrid hashtags that have haunted her in search of a manufactured friendship with a fresh young face who seems to have everything together, who is #special and #blessed and #happy, everything Ingrid feels she is not. The film dances around a few different purposes, between biting social commentary, cautionary tale, and frightening examination of today's #phony world where a peppy hashtag is today's equivalent of responding "fine" to a polite query when life is anything but.
Ingrid Goes West looks just fine on Blu-ray, presenting on the 1080p format with a largely typical image for a midlevel, digitally photographed motion picture. Good detail, good color. Neither could be considered elaborate, but everything largely pleases. Basics on both fronts are in good working order, with quality skin textures, well defined clothes, and pleasantly sharp environments the norm. Only a few smudgy edges are to be seen. Colors are stable and pleasing, with the most intensive, like Dan's yellow Lakers jersey, revealing a pleasing level of well saturated coloring. Black levels are nice and deep in places but a little pale in others. Lower light shots are home to the most visible noise. Skin tones appear accurately reflective of the actors' complexions. Beyond the noise, no other intrusive source or encode flaws are readily or persistently problematic.
Read video above? Same goes with the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Ingrid Goes West's sound needs are in good hands with Universal's multichannel endeavor, and even as the film has no substantial elements on offer, what's here is pleasing to the ear. Swirling sounds greet the listener early on, as camera clicks and thoughts of hashtags and other bits maneuver through Ingrid's head. Music is in good working order with quality width and depth and clarity at the forefront. Ambient effects nicely draw the listener into a few key locations. Dialogue is of course the chief sonic element, and it's presented with all of the qualities typical of lifelike spoken words.
Ingrid Goes West contains a commentary, deleted scenes, and a trailer. A digital copy code is included with purchase.
Ingrid Goes West has its moments of levity and oddity but it's so much more than the story of weird obsession and mental instability. The lead character is brilliantly portrayed with tremendous depth and understanding of the character's unstable emotional state. Chilling, dark, but accessible and terrifyingly relevant, the film opens a lot of doors to the dangers of online obsession, shares, and false fronts. Universal's Blu-ray offers quality video and audio against a few extras. Recommended.
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