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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both of Ingrid's obsessions have blonde hair, and Ingrid dyes her own hair blonde when she starts copying Taylor.

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* EndsWithASmile: [[spoiler:The movie ends with a smile spreading across Ingrid's face as, after attempting suicide on camera (which she also did while smiling before she passed out), she sees that her Instagram account has been flooded by followers and affection since news of her suicide attempt went around.]]
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both of Ingrid's obsessions have blonde hair, and Ingrid dyes her own hair blonde when she starts copying Taylor.Taylor, which also marks the improvement of her social and romantic life.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Ingrid has some sort of mental illness that compels her to act the way she does; the most popular fan theory is that it's borderline personality disorder.
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* InternetStalking: A major part of the film, as Ingrid is obsessed with Nicky on Instagram.

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* InternetStalking: A major part of the film, as Ingrid is obsessed with Nicky Taylor on Instagram.
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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both of Ingrid's obsessions have blonde hair, and Ingrid dyes her own hair blonde when she starts copying Taylor, despite the fact that she looks like Aubrey Plaza.

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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both of Ingrid's obsessions have blonde hair, and Ingrid dyes her own hair blonde when she starts copying Taylor, despite the fact that she looks like Aubrey Plaza.Taylor.
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The film revolves around Ingrid Thorburn (Plaza), a mentally ill young woman with a history of confusing "likes" on social media for meaningful relationships, with devastating effects on those who become her latest fixation.

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The film revolves around Ingrid Thorburn (Plaza), a mentally ill young woman with a history of confusing "likes" on social media for meaningful relationships, with devastating serious effects on those who become her latest fixation.



* AmbiguousDisorder: Ingrid has some sort of mental illness that compels her to act the way she does. Though her actions imply that it might be Borderline Personality Disorder.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Ingrid has some sort of mental illness that compels her to act the way she does. Though her actions imply does; the most popular fan theory is that it might be Borderline Personality Disorder.it's borderline personality disorder.

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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, Creator/OSheaJacksonJr, Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.

The film concerns Ingrid Thorburn (Plaza), a mentally ill young woman who uses her late mother's inheritance money to move out to Los Angeles. There, she starts stalking a social media influencer named Taylor Sloane (Olsen) until they officially meet and become friends.

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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director written and directed by Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/AubreyPlaza and Creator/ElizabethOlsen, with Creator/OSheaJacksonJr, Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.

Creator/PomKlementieff in supporting roles. The film concerns premiered in competition at that year's Sundance Film Festival.

The film revolves around
Ingrid Thorburn (Plaza), a mentally ill young woman who uses her late mother's inheritance money to move out to Los Angeles. There, she starts stalking with a history of confusing "likes" on social media for meaningful relationships, with devastating effects on those who become her latest fixation.

When she comes across Instagram
influencer named Taylor Sloane (Olsen) until they officially meet (Olsen), her perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes a perfect foundation for Ingrid's obsession. Ingrid drops everything to move out west to Los Angeles in pursuit of becoming Taylor's friend, and become friends.begins insinuating herself into Taylor's life in increasingly bizarre, unsettling and dangerous ways.
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* BadInfluencer: Taylor is an Instagram celebrity who is superficial, shallow, rude to anyone who can't help her, and ditches Ingrid in a heartbeat when she gets a better offer. However, as she correctly points out, Ingrid is no better if not worse, as a dog-napping obsessive stalker. Then again, the ending implies that [[spoiler:Ingrid herself now has at least some online fame, following her suicide attempt, where she is much more dangerous and risk-taking than Taylor, so she may be on her way to being an either better or worse version.]]
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* InternetStalking: A major part of the film, as Ingrid is obsessed with Nicky on Instagram.
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* NotSoDifferent: Ingrid is deeply miserable. She realizes that the picture-perfect Taylor and her equally picture-perfect friends are miserable, too, not to mention that some of them (such as Nicky) are actively terrible people. She tries to give them a JerkassRealization, but instead is cast out.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Ingrid is deeply miserable. She realizes that the picture-perfect Taylor and her equally picture-perfect friends are miserable, too, not to mention that some of them (such as Nicky) are actively terrible people. She tries to give them a JerkassRealization, but instead is cast out.
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* NotSoDifferent: Ingrid is deeply miserable. She realizes that the picture-perfect Ingrid and her equally picture-perfect friends are miserable, too, not to mention that some of them (such as Nicky) are actively terrible people. She tries to give them a JerkassRealization, but instead is cast out.

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* NotSoDifferent: Ingrid is deeply miserable. She realizes that the picture-perfect Ingrid Taylor and her equally picture-perfect friends are miserable, too, not to mention that some of them (such as Nicky) are actively terrible people. She tries to give them a JerkassRealization, but instead is cast out.

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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Both of Ingrid's obsessions have blonde hair, and Ingrid dyes her own hair blonde when she starts copying Taylor, despite the fact that she looks like Aubrey Plaza.



* HairContrastDuo: Unbalanced brunette Ingrid and both her blonde obsessions. Downplayed as Ingrid dyes her hair blonde to resemble Taylor before they meet for real.



* OrphansOrdeal: Dan coped with the death of his parents by dressing up like Batman and calling himself "Bruce", which developed into his adulthood obsession with the superhero.

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Dan coped with the death of his parents by dressing up like Batman and calling himself "Bruce", which developed into his adulthood obsession with the superhero.superhero.
** Ingrid seems to have completely gone to pieces because of her mother's death, which seems to be a cause of her obsessions.


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* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Ingrid survives her suicide attempt and Dan is there with her to start their relationship again.]]

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She fails, so it's Bungled Suicide, and both her parents are now absent.


* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Ingrid attempts suicide at the end when she ends up broke and alone. Dan gets her medical attention quickly, allowing her to survive.]]



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ingrid attempts suicide at the end when she ends up broke and alone. Dan gets her medical attention quickly, allowing her to survive.]]



* MissingMom: Ingrid's mother died of a heart attack a few months before the movie started. Ingrid describes her mother as her best friend and gradually admits that she doesn't know how to cope without her.


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* ParentalAbandonment: Ingrid's mother died of a heart attack a few months before the movie started. Ingrid describes her mother as her best friend and gradually admits that she doesn't know how to cope without her. Conversely, her father is never seen or mentioned.
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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, CreatorOSheaJacksonJr, Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.

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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, CreatorOSheaJacksonJr, Creator/OSheaJacksonJr, Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.
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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.

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''Ingrid Goes West'' is a 2017 BlackComedy film from writer/director Matt Spicer. It stars Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/ElizabethOlsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., CreatorOSheaJacksonJr, Creator/WyattRussell, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/PomKlementieff.
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* NewMediaAreEvil: Ingrid, a depressed and obsessive person, can continue to ignore her psychological problems by using Instagram to learn everything about a woman she admires and employ that information to slowly sneak into every facet of her life. It helps that the Instragram model who Ingrid stalks seems to be less honest than she should be because of her use of social media, in contrast with her techno-illiterate husband.

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* NewMediaAreEvil: Ingrid, a depressed and obsessive person, can continue to ignore her psychological problems by using Instagram to learn everything about a woman she admires and employ that information to slowly sneak into every facet of her life. It helps that the Instragram Instagram model who Ingrid stalks seems to be less honest than she should be because of her use of social media, in contrast with her techno-illiterate husband.


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* NotSoDifferent: Ingrid is deeply miserable. She realizes that the picture-perfect Ingrid and her equally picture-perfect friends are miserable, too, not to mention that some of them (such as Nicky) are actively terrible people. She tries to give them a JerkassRealization, but instead is cast out.

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