{"id":10143,"date":"2023-05-25T07:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/influencer-review-smart-thriller-about-instagrammers-in-mortal-peril\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T07:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T05:37:28","slug":"influencer-review-smart-thriller-about-instagrammers-in-mortal-peril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/25\/influencer-review-smart-thriller-about-instagrammers-in-mortal-peril\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer review \u2013 smart thriller about Instagrammers in mortal peril"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand<\/p>\n

In this smartly arranged thriller by Kurtis David Harder, Canadian actor Cassandra Naud holds her own as a kind of social media Tom Ripley, out in Thailand preying on vacuous, smartphone-toting influencers while coveting their silky lifestyles. Broken down into four parts following different characters, the film dabbles in but doesn\u2019t wholly conform to the now-standard satirical takedown of 21st-century popinjays. There\u2019s something darker and more solipsistic at work here: Naud\u2019s repeated spiel of \u201cThey won\u2019t even notice you\u2019re gone. Nobody cares\u201d is just as rehearsed and trite as other airheaded Insta-platitudes.<\/p>\n

Her character, CW, first gets her claws into Madison (Emily Tennant), a fellow American making nice for her feeds but actually moping around the Thai coast because she\u2019s having a hard time with her British boyfriend and manager Ryan (Rory J Saper). So when CW steps in at a bar to protect her from a sharking expat, Madison is glad to be swept into the wake of this free-spirited font of local secrets. Weeks later, she has gone missing, CW has headed to Bangkok to target Madison\u2019s bougier and more confident clone Jessica (Sara Canning), and Ryan \u2013 rattled by the radio silence from his girlfriend \u2013 jumps on a plane.<\/p>\n

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\nCassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand
\nIn this smartly arranged thriller by Kurtis David Harder, Canadian actor Cassandra Naud holds her own as a kind of social media Tom Ripley, out in Thailand preying on vacuous, smartphone-toting influencers while coveting their silky lifestyles. Broken down into four parts following different characters, the film dabbles in but doesn\u2019t wholly conform to the now-standard satirical takedown of 21st-century popinjays. There\u2019s something darker and more solipsistic at work here: Naud\u2019s repeated spiel of \u201cThey won\u2019t even notice you\u2019re gone. Nobody cares\u201d is just as rehearsed and trite as other airheaded Insta-platitudes.
\nHer character, CW, first gets her claws into Madison (Emily Tennant), a fellow American making nice for her feeds but actually moping around the Thai coast because she\u2019s having a hard time with her British boyfriend and manager Ryan (Rory J Saper). So when CW steps in at a bar to protect her from a sharking expat, Madison is glad to be swept into the wake of this free-spirited font of local secrets. Weeks later, she has gone missing, CW has headed to Bangkok to target Madison\u2019s bougier and more confident clone Jessica (Sara Canning), and Ryan \u2013 rattled by the radio silence from his girlfriend \u2013 jumps on a plane. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand In this smartly arranged thriller by Kurtis David Harder, Canadian actor Cassandra Naud holds her own as a kind of social media Tom Ripley, out in Thailand preying on vacuous, smartphone-toting influencers while coveting their silky lifestyles. Broken down …<\/p>\n

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