Not Okay' movie

2022 - 7 - 30

Not Okay -- Zoey Deutch Not Okay - Zoey Deutch

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Not Okay movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert)

Not Okay ends up somewhere in a valley between satire and character study. It's not sharp enough to be the former and not realistic enough to be the latter.

Danni does learn from Rowan. She learns that survivor stories come with real stakes, and that there are real people on the other end of hashtags like the one she and Rowan invent, #IAmNotOkay. (There's also an under-explored aspect to the script here about stealing other people's pain, as Danni does to Rowan.) Social media has a habit of dehumanizing people, and it’s nice to get a reminder of that fact in the Insta-Era. But I kept wanting “Not Okay” to be willing to live up to that opening salvo in a way that makes viewers truly uncomfortable. It’s not sharp enough to be the former and not realistic enough to be the latter. There are a lot of claims in “Not Okay” that Danni is unlikable and won’t get a redemption arc, but the script constantly pushes back against the potential for a truly dark satire because it’s almost too empathetic to Danni’s cause. She stumbles through a conversation with her crush Colin (a pretty bland Dylan O’Brien), a co-worker who walks in a constant vape cloud, that ends with her saying she’s going to France. She’s not and can’t afford it. The latest from the director of “ Blame” seeks to explore how social media embraces and even warps survivor stories through the tale of Danni Sanders ( Zoey Deutch), an Insta-Wannabe who digs herself into a deep hole of lies regarding an international tragedy. “Not Okay” jumps back two months to re-introduce Danni as a photo editor at an online mag called Depravity—a clever name for a site I would totally read.

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Not Okay (2022) Ending Explained – Who does Danni Sanders ... (The Review Geek)

Director/writer Quinn Shephard (Blame) tackles themes of privilege and adopted trauma in Hulu Original movie Not Okay. The film stars Zoey Deutch as Danni ...

“Danni is intentionally both terrible and very relatable,” Shepherd said in an interview with Newsweek. “I think especially for young white women on the internet.” Danni becomes close with the young activist, at first because of her fame, but soon comes to see Rowan as her little sister and best friend. With her story exposed, Danni Sanders becomes the most hated woman on the internet. Not Okay ends with Danni attending one of Rowan’s spoken word performances, intending to apologize. It’s Harper who sees Danni for the fake she is. With Danni’s new celebrity status, however, she has had to defer to her judgment at work. Danni becomes deeply involved with Rowan’s cause to reduce gun violence, but she isn’t self-aware or compassionate enough to see how she’s stealing from her new friend. She shares with her followers that she survived the attack and is safe. Danni creates a fake website for the writers’ retreat, photoshops pictures of herself in Paris, and posts them to Instagram with cutesy sayings about baguettes. She finds a workaround, however, in joining a support group for survivors of shootings and bombings. Through co-opting the trauma of others and pretending to be a bombing survivor, Danni soon gets a taste of the fame and followers she’s always wanted. She adopts a friend in school shooting survivor, Rowan (Mia Isaac) to make her own ‘survivor story’ seem more credible.

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Review: Zoey Deutch in big-swing social satire 'Not Okay' (Los Angeles Times)

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Canfield also introduces themes related to the American frontiersmen’s cruel treatment of the natives — a note of seriousness that, while admirable, conflicts with the film’s overall tone. “Neptune Frost” is unlike any other movie released this year: a gender-bending science-fiction musical set among a band of revolutionary hackers living in a Rwandan village surrounded by electronic waste. The Australian survival thriller “The Reef: Stalked” isn’t a sequel to writer-director Andrew Traucki’s acclaimed 2010 film “The Reef” so much as it’s a new iteration of the same story. The shark’s prey this time are all women: a band of skilled snorkelers that includes two sisters still recovering from a sibling’s recent murder. It’s reassuring in a way to know that even an online utopia is imperfect, and that in the end it only succeeds because of the goodwill and bright ideas of the people who gather there. To her credit, Webster doesn’t shy away from the sex part of this sex comedy. Sally Phillips gives a winning performance as Gina, a 50-year-old who loses her job, then takes advantage of an awkward encounter with a friendly stripper named Tom (Alexander England) to start her own business: hiring out hunky guys to clean houses and, if asked, to provide sexual services. For all the reasonable anxiety we may have about whether we’re spending too much time online, it’d be wrong to deny that many people rely on the virtual world for a sense of community, a creative outlet and a way to safely explore other cultures and alternate identities. Instead, Hunting just roams openly and curiously through brightly colored fantastical realms, meeting some of the sexy human-animal hybrids and whimsically goofy creatures who have found little corners of VRChat where they can go on dates, have outings with friends, take classes … really, do whatever people do in the outside world but with far fewer physical or logistical limitations. But “Not Okay” hits surprisingly hard with its ending, reframing a lot of the preceding 90 minutes from a different and harsher perspective. These shifts in the film between earnestness and anything-for-a-laugh comedy sometimes feel off, allowing the audience to excuse the characters’ bad behavior as silly, not reckless. Zoey Deutch plays Danni Sanders, an aspiring journalist tired of being overlooked by the much cooler colleagues and editors at the New York-based website where she works.

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Not Okay, new Netflix comedies, and more new movies to watch (Polygon)

This week, Not Okay, the satirical dark comedy starring Zoey Deutch as a fame-hungry influencer faking her way through a terrorist attack, premieres on Hulu ...

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'Not Okay' movie review: Terrible social media satire fails to steal the ... (Economic Times)

'Not Okay movie fails to impress and can be termed a terrible social media satire. The writer-director Quinn Shephard's portrayal is not quite biting and ...

Rowan fights for a change since she survived a school shootout. Parisfor a writer's retreat. Hulu, seems to be a terrible social media satire. It is also what the film felt like. Danni tries very hard to make people like her, which is quite evident from her persona. Quinn Shephardis the writer-director of the film.

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Zoey Deutch Just Entered the Celebrity Style Ring (W Magazine)

The actress' 'Not Okay' press tour looks definitely have us taking notice.

Instead of picking up on one of those many hues for her shoes, though, Deutch did something unexpected and opted for orange pointed-toe pumps, completing this color wheel of a look. But that was just the beginning and the next day, Deutch was out on the city streets again. Deutch and Stewart smartly kept the styling simple and let this dress shine, pulling the actress’ hair back, and throwing on some satin Satoni pumps.

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'Not Okay': Zoey Deutch on influencers and spending more time online (INSIDER)

The actress spoke to Insider about portraying a lonely, misguided character named Danni in Quinn Shephard's satirical film, now streaming on Hulu.

"We were just slaphappy," she said. "Quinn and I both have confessed to each other that this movie has made us spend more time online as a result of wanting to stay on, understand what's going on, and trends and this and that," she said. Deutch also recalled filming that scene during one of the hottest days in New York City in 2021. When a series of terrorist attacks happen in the City of Lights around the time that she was believed to be in France, Danni rises to fame. "I spoke to quite a lot of those canceled people," Deutch said. "We felt scammed by them.

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Where Was Hulu's 'Not Okay' Movie Filmed? The Scoop (Distractify)

The answer, unsurprisingly, is not what viewers expect. The film revolves around photo editor Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), who starts Photoshopping her ...

Quinn also said, "That and traffic in New York. When we were shooting the car scene, we were stuck in traffic. Zoey said, "Shooting in New York City is no easy feat. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter discussing Not Okay, actress Zoey Deutch confirmed that the film was shot in New York City and on location. New York in 100 degree weather, in cars, and also, exclusively not air-conditioned locations. When a terrorist attack happens in France during the time Danni is "visiting," the media goes into a frenzy, thinking she is one of few eyewitnesses. The new dark comedy Not Okay from Hulu begs the question: how far is too far when you're a social media influencer?

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