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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

9/19/2022

Not Okay (2022)

Danni is a delusional aspiring writer on the brink of getting fired from her (non-writer) online magazine job. She instagrams a fake trip to a made-up writer's retreat in Paris, gaining her the followers she's been craving. But, when a terrorist attack hits Paris, she's suddenly a "survivor" expected to have insight into fear and grief. So, of course, she fakes that too -- gaining even more followers.

I have a feeling that Danni, though aggressively unsympathetic, is not at all unrealistic. She's so completely unlikable that it's hard not to be impressed with the film's commitment to keeping her that way. It's a tad long, but I still enjoyed this quite a bit.

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