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This film was as predictable as it was irrelevant...and that's pretty much the most positive thing I can say about it. The cliche' of a gay man being "tricked" to sire a child by his straight female friend has been done many times before...and as in the case of "the Wedding Banquet" 20+ years ago in far superior quality. This film was just really a bunch of people whining/complaining in very long-winded monologues...as if the writer was literally allowing the actors to get lengthy soundbites for their own demo reels. The issue here is none of these monologues (or characters) is interesting...as in remotely. I added an extra star as Mark Cirilo (who only has one "gay voice" and thus possesses the range of an on/off switch) kept his clothes on in this film.

Yes I am taking the mick in case the title misleads you.

Another hollow and tedious movie based around social media. Its a worn out thread already; pass me the recycle bin.

As boring, repetitive, time wasting and bereft of honesty as most of social media actually is in reality.

Watching this movie is as pointless and meaningless as posting your life on facebook, twitter and wasting hours of non-productive time arguing with people you dont even know and trying ever so hard to gain your portion of "confirmation" as they call it on social media. Don't get me wrong, I've been there myself but there is a time when you wake up and realise you are wasting your life and precious time on people you have never met and will never meet and that the whole thing is merely another distraction from the joys of actually living but movies like these try to hoodwink you into believing the hype!

The fact that they actually mention in the movie that over 3/4's of the USA never read a book last year says it all and is virtually the only interesting piece of dialogue in the entire movie!

Good acting from the cast but that cannot save a totally pointless script and dull movie.

What an absolute waste of my time. I should have known better from the synopsis. i couldn't work out what the message was. Being a Social media film, surely i was supposed to face a moral dilemma. Whoever funds these films please stop. Absolute nonsense.

What seemed to start as an interesting idea, developed thereafter into something almost boring. I like the plot, it's intriguing. But it misses some points. The cast should have played more with the script and others things to make it more enjoyable. It turned out to be fairly messy.

The summary for this movie here is a bit misleading. Jed (Nick Thune) works as a professional photo editor who keeps to himself. However, things quickly change for Jed when he meets a pretty girl who reveals his brother met his significant other online. This revelation leads Jed down a social media rabbit hole. Meanwhile, Tesha, someone who creates social media influencers, becomes determined to turn a normal person into a high-profile social media influencer. Tesha picks Jed as her test subject. In the process of becoming an influencer, Jed reconnects with Franky, his old high school crush. Franky, a struggling actor who is trapped in an unhappy marriage, finds herself connecting with Jud, only for him to not know she is married.

Overall, this was a good movie, even if, at times, it didn't know what it wanted to be. For one, there are two conflicting storylines. The Jud and Franky storyline is your average Hallmark love story. He's still in love with her. She likes him back but has an unsupportive husband who doesn't want her to follow her dreams. You've seen it a million times. On the other hand, the storyline about Jed being an influencer was interesting but needed to be developed a bit more. This also came out in 2017, and social media has changed a lot since then. It's not that unusual now for a random person to become a major online influencer. Even IMDB is drastically different now than it was back then. RIP Message boards. At times, the movie tries to provide commentary on the complexity of social media, like the fact that most of what you see isn't real but that it can also be used as a tool to help raise money for people in need. However, it never really lingers on these questions or says anything unique about social media. As for the cast, they mostly do well with what they are given to work with. I've never really cared for Nick Thune as an actor, and I prefer him as a stand-up comic (he was terrible in Love Life). He just lacks emotion, especially as a lead. The highlights were Tasha and Franky, who both really carried the movie. There is also a really fun escape room scene with Chrissie Fit (Pitch Perfect 2&3). She only has a small part, but it was hilarious, especially if you are a fan of her work. All in all, it's a decent movie worth watching if it's on a streaming service you subscribe to. I just wish it had a little more depth.