'Not Okay' with Zoey Deutch hits Hulu, HBO Max has animated VRChat documentary 'We Met in Virtual Reality' and more movies to watch at home.
Quinn Shephard made an impressive writing and directing debut — in her early 20s, no less — with 2017’sa keen and stylish teen-movie spin on “The Crucible.” Shephard takes an even bigger swing with “Not Okay,” a big-hearted social satire that roasts hashtag activism and influencer culture while still suggesting that people can make a difference if they go about it the right way.
But “Not Okay” hits surprisingly hard with its ending, reframing a lot of the preceding 90 minutes from a different and harsher perspective. And throughout, Shephard is refreshingly honest about how seductive internet fame can be. “Not Okay” hits its marks more often than not, and at its best it illustrates, step by inexorable step, how a carefully sculpted social media persona can encourage people to fake their way into a real crisis.
None of “We Met in Virtual Reality” is set “IRL.” There are no dry talking-head interviews with even-handed VR experts, no direct comparisons between the everyday lives of the movie’s subjects and who they are when they put on their headsets.
Writer-director Renée Webster keeps the tone light and at times even jokey, which initially shortchanges some of the issues at play here, such as the demands of sex work and the thin line between commerce and exploitation. But Webster quickly gets to the movie’s real point once Gina realizes her employees may not know enough about romance, fantasy or sensuality to satisfy their clients.
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