Mia isaac as Rowan is spectacular. Enjoyed the storyline but also i get mad second hand embarrassment so i had to skip over some parts. I couldn't handle it. costuming on Zoey Deutch was so good. Also Caroline Calloway being in this truly sent me. The fact that she was the moderator for the online shaming support group??? DEAD. LMFAO.
It's fine but it ironically does exactly what Rowan calls out at the end - gives a Hulu special to the white girl. Predictable and had no point. If this had been Rowan's movie it might've been something.
Thankfully not as vapid as I expected. The movie is further evidence of the dangers of social media and the false approvals people gain from using it. #deleteyourinsta
I had no idea that I'd appreciate this movie as much as I did when first sitting down to watch it. This was a surprisingly powerful film, and Mia Isaac and Zoey Deutch were really effective in their roles. To be frank, as I started to watch this, I thought that I was going to hate it, b/c I couldn't stand the characters in the film, but in reality, this was about the journey they went on and where they arrived at the end of the film. I think that it's a solid in lesson in realizing many we see online may have personas that aren't necessarily who they are in real-life, and they're not all one-note characters incapable of change. This film made me realize that we need to take each instance of deceit on a case-by-case basis, b/c in certain circumstances, people do have the capacity to cause great change in themselves. They won't always be selfish or thoughtless, b/c experience and education can effectuate changes in us that we may not have expected.
Not Okay was a pleasant surprise for me. I enjoyed a large part of this movie, with scenarios and characters feeling quite real to today's society. Although, there was a sense that writers did not really understand the culture it was writing towards. So many lines of dialogue felt like boomers writing for today's generation and I found myself physically cringing. If they could have reeled in on the over the top dialogue and eccentric character decisions I fell like the movie would have been all the better for it. Despite those negatives, this movie was still able to entertain me.
Score: 65%
Verdict: Decent
The only thing that for me doesn't add up in this movie, is that maybe characters are a little too over the lines. But that's okay anyway, because everything is functional for the questions that this movie want to make.
Grotesque, in a positve way.
It’s not easy to make something that deals with social media and the ramifications of “going viral”, but I loved this movie. Zoey Deutch is great and the movie isn’t afraid to make her shitty in a way that kind of reflects more back on the audience than people would admit, while also hinting at her own personal battles that still don’t let her off the hook. Dylan O’Brien rocks (his simple delivery of “It’s a joint” really made me laugh) and Mia Isaac steals the whole thing and gives the movie a needed foundation to keep it from just being a screwball social media comedy.
I did not like this movie at all, but I will say this - the actress who plays Rowan is absolutely phenomenal. Absolutely brilliant.
Look, I can say that I started the year well with movies Thinking it was going to be a silly comedy, which actually started out really, REALLY BAD, at the end I got slapped in the face! But it was well expected where the story was going, after all that was the criticism! (Automatic Google translation from Portuguese)
This movie is so, so messed up. But it’s like a car crash, you just can’t watch away.
Hmm. If I take it as the story of Rowan that is overshadowed by this prick Danni, sure. It’s still uncomfortable and I don’t think the protag. learns as much as she needs to from this.
Zoey Deutch is always a delight and this is no exception! Is it the greatest thing ever? Not at all. But as a straight to Hulu film, it’s in the same quality as Buffaloed and I’m all about it!
Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching
"Not Okay" is an interesting movie, surrounding the topics of online fame, Influencers, activism and Cancel Culture. Is it groundbreaking? No. Does it do a good job getting its point and message across? Absolutely.
Danni (played by a great Zoey Deutch) thirsts for internet fame and is unsatisfied with her mundane everyday life. She lives in an apart me she dislikes, her rich mother doesn't want to spend any time with her, she has no real friends and is stuck in a job as a photo editor despite wanting to be a writer. To impress her colleague and super douchey influencer Colin (a delightful Dylan O'Brien, giving it his all) she fakes a trip to Paris and gains followers online by posting edited pictures of herself in France. Her harmless lie however turns around when Paris is hit by a series of terror attacks and Danni, after a half-hearted attempt to sort things out, goes along with people believing she is a survivor of immense trauma, which gives her the fame she always wanted.
The movie starts with a warning that you're about to watch something with an unlikable female protagonist (great tongue-cheek humor here) and it really commits to it. Danni is privileged and tone deaf and desperate to be special and belong somewhere. It is never sugar-coated how selfish and ambitious she is exploiting other people's trauma. To the movies credit, it never asks the audience to feel sympathy for her and makes it clear from the first second that she is not a good person.
However, Danni does show signs of regret over the course of her journey, especially after meeting young activist and survivor Rowan (Mia Isaacs, who hopefully will be cast in everything from now on). She forms a genuine bond with Rowan and for the first time exoeriences something like empathy. But again, the movie does not want the audience to root for Danni or hope that somehow her relationship with Rowan has a chance to survive the mess she created, it's clear that it will eventually implode and the moment it does (much do to Danni's own carelessness) the film comes with a new set of online culture critcism.
While Danni is not made sympathetic or turned from villain into victim (something the movie even literally states), it does show the extremes cancel culture can lead to and that neither side is justified.
What really stands out for me however is the ending, for two different things. First, Danny's public apology hilariously mimics most influencer and celebrity apologies of recent years, with her seemingly taking responsibility for her actions only to list reasons to soften the blow and regain some sympathy points (drugs, her mental health etc.). The second one, and the more powerful move to end this on, is her not apologizing to Rowan or trying to make amends. She goes to see Rowan, with a whole speech written on her phone, until she realizes that this is what she needs to make herself feel better and not Rowan and thus the movie ends, with Danni leaving and everything being indeed "not okay."
I saw some criticism of the film that Danni didn't get a redemption arc in the end, but I disagree. No, she didn't get a full blown redemption, it isn't even certain she will become a better person due to her experience (even she admits that), but she ends the film with a moment of growth. It's tiny, but it's there and maybe that is the most realistic part here. There is no happy ending. There is no sugar-coating. There is no false sense of sympathy, only a bit of hope.
I enjoyed the film more than I actually thought I would. I really like Zoey Deutch and I'm a long term fan of Dylan O'Brien's work, so obviously I wanted to check this one out. Both of of them were fantastic as always, no question here. I am also positively surprised how this film turned out. It is less the in-your-face heavy-handed message movie it could have been and works as a satire as well as a dramedy. It is by all means okay. Even more than that.
Mia Isaac and Zoey Deutch were just amazing! Great storyline. This is a MUST-WATCH!
way too Woke and a liberal agenda
cast was good but the storyline was boring and predictable. the characters were entertaining. the movie has a good message. 10/6 for me.
The first 20-30 minutes reminded me a bit of the early 2000s teen comedy/drama movies (Mean Girls alike and such), which were great and they don't make quite like that anymore. But then it went downhill, and the end was just so bad...
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Mia Isaac (Rowan) absolutely nailed it she was the best thing in this movie! Her speeches were so moving and inspiring. Zoey and Dylan were great also. The story was good overall and I liked the conclusion. The comedy doesn't work at all though I think this would of been better off as a drama. Didn't really feel like I wanted to laugh anyway sinse this has some serious topics and the main character is unlikable.