Jawline

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Jawline

Released Aug 23, 2019

1h 39m

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Sixteen-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the world of digital celebrities, builds his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl adoration as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

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Critics Consensus

Jawline uses one man's bid for online stardom to offer a compassionate, clear-eyed view of the risks and seductive allure of social media.

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Alessa Dominguez

BuzzFeed News

In some ways, Jawline is so in thrall to those old narratives that it sometimes fails to explore what is actually new...still, its sober approach is a welcome change of tone for coverage of an industry that is here to stay.

Apr 7, 2022

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

[Mandelup] rushes from clip to clip, from sound bite to sound bite; the results are superficial and frustrating.

Aug 26, 2019

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Todd Gilchrist

TheWrap

Offers a surprisingly compassionate look not just at one rural Tennessee kid's bid for virtual stardom, but also at the digital celebrity-industrial complex that perpetuates itself by dehumanizing people into content-generating commodities.

Aug 23, 2019

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Callie Hitchcock

Vague Visages

One of Jawline’s main tensions comes from circling the question “Can we really self-actualize out of any circumstance?”

Sep 21, 2023

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Ella Kemp

Hyperallergic

Mandelup isn't deluded about the limited shelf life of this love affair, but she isn't cruel about those who pursue it, either. She sees the crevasses in Austyn's ambition, and also gives a voice to the girls watching him.

Feb 27, 2020

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Matt Cipolla

The Spool

It may be cringingly funny at times, but Jawline transcends easy schadenfreude.

Jan 17, 2020

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Audience Member

This doc was really really bad. 30 seconds in I wanted to slap this kid and all of his friends. If you want to watch a bunch of stupid kids being shitheads acting like they know everything then waste your time on this doc.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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dave d

A documentary that chronicles the life of a 16-year old who is desperate to become internet famous. It's sad. Social media is put to the test and fails miserably. I'm all for improving your life but watching people who aren't happy for 90 minutes is tough. I just get the impression that the filmmaker is judging her lead character, Austyn Tester. When Tester isn't the central figure the film is interesting. There were some interesting issues that I wanted to see to their conclusion, but the viewer is left hanging. Entertaining, yet frustrating, it's a take it or leave it kinda film. Final Score: 6.1/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

An eye opening look into a younger generation

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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I’ve gotta say this is definitely the best most effective documentary I’ve seen about social media stars and fame. Austin was a perfect subject for this. There’s a lot of empathy for him especially in the last act. The film does have some problems and wasn’t the biggest fan of the ending but I really enjoyed it. I really felt his emotions through everything. I like that his family was such a big part of the film as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/24/19

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Michael Weist

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Sacha Ben Harroche

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Bert Hamelinck

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Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the world of digital celebrities, builds his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl adoration as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

Director: Liza Mandelup
Producer: Sacha Ben Harroche, Lauren Cioffi, Bert Hamelinck, Hannah Reyer
Distributor: Hulu
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2019
Runtime: 1h 39m

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