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Ingrid Goes West

Ingrid Goes West

She'll follow you.

20176.41h 38m

Overview

Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

Directed by Matt Spicer
Written by David Branson Smith, Matt Spicer
Produced by Jared Ian Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels
Box Office0Revenue: $24.9M

Top Cast

Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza

Ingrid Thorburn

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen

Taylor Sloane

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Dan Pinto

Wyatt Russell

Wyatt Russell

Ezra O'Keefe

Billy Magnussen

Billy Magnussen

Nicky Sloane

Pom Klementieff

Pom Klementieff

Harley Chung

Hannah Pearl Utt

Hannah Pearl Utt

Nicole

J

Joseph Breen

Garth Lafayette

Angelica Amor

Angelica Amor

Cindy

Meredith Hagner

Meredith Hagner

Charlotte

Themes & Keywords

californiasuicide attemptobsessionbased on comicobsessed fanmental illnesssocial mediapersonality disorderhashtagdependent personality disorderjoshua tree

About Ingrid Goes West

Ingrid Goes West is a comedy, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of california, suicide attempt, obsession, based on comic, obsessed fan, mental illness. Directed by Matt Spicer, it stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr.. Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

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