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Ingrid Goes West
MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2923
- IMDb #3234
- Google retired #2698
- Rotten Tomatoes #1862
- Metacritic #1600
- Letterboxd #2870
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1638
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2521
- Metacritic Critics #1366
- Metacritic Audience #2148
- Criticker #1765
- Douban #2412
- Kinopoisk #3962
- AlloCiné #4775
- Trakt #3533
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 84. Critics average 78, everyone else 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mentally unstable young woman, obsessed with social media, becomes fixated on an Instagram influencer who embodies a perfect, sunny Los Angeles lifestyle. Using a small inheritance, Ingrid moves to California to insinuate herself into the influencer's life, fabricating a friendship through manipulation and deception. She meticulously crafts a new identity to get closer to her idol, exploring the dark side of influencer culture and the desperate loneliness that can fuel an online obsession.
Details
- Director
- Matt Spicer
- Writers
- David Branson Smith, Matt Spicer
- Released
- 11 August 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $24.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 major awards won · 2 wins from 9 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best First Feature | Ingrid Goes West | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2017 | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best First Screenplay | David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer | Nominee |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2018 | Best First Film | Ingrid Goes West | Nominee |
| Chlotrudis Awards 2018 | Best Actress | Aubrey Plaza | Nominee |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2018 | Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Under 5 Million Dollars | Maggie Phillips | Nominee |
| Online Film & Television Association 2018 | Best Feature Debut | Matt Spicer | Nominee |
| Deauville American Film Festival 2017 | Grand Prix | Matt Spicer | Nominee |
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9 awards — Ingrid Goes West
×| Best First Feature | Ingrid Goes West | Winner |
| Best First Screenplay | David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer | Nominee |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer | Winner |
| Best First Film | Ingrid Goes West | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Aubrey Plaza | Nominee |
| Grand Prix | Matt Spicer | Nominee |
| Best First Film | Ingrid Goes West | Nominee |
| Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Under 5 Million Dollars | Maggie Phillips | Nominee |
| Best Feature Debut | Matt Spicer | Nominee |