Plaza does a terrific job playing the brazen, kooky, social media addict and perpetual wannabe. A decent inheritance allows her to embark upon the ill conceived adventure to create a new and better life. Her emotional health is off the charts in the wrong direction and she manages to make one bad decision after another.
The casting is excellent and solid performances are delivered by Plaza along with Olsen. They are ably supported by O’Shea Jackson Jr. (son of rapper Ice Cube), Wyatt Russell as Ezra, Taylor Sloan’s erstwhile artist husband, and Billy Magnussen as Nicky, Taylor’s scumbag brother. The film depicts the stereotypical LA life of the self described albeit lower class “beautiful people”. Ingrid cleverly inserts herself into the life and relishes her friendship with her idol in Taylor Sloan.
Things of course go terribly wrong. There are many cringe worthy moments and more than a few laughs to keep the audience entertained.
While not for everyone (especially if black comedy is not your thing), I found the effort noteworthy and look forward to more work by Spicer and Smith.
