Social Animals

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Social Animals

2018

1h 26m

Documentary

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The real and digital worlds of a Midwestern girl, a daredevil photographer and an aspiring swimsuit model are explored.

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

Neither celebrating nor bemoaning its subject, it gazes head-on at the ways some people embrace the chance to live life as a nonstop popularity contest while others are hurt by it.

Mar 12, 2018

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Joe O'Connell

Austin Chronicle

Emma's story strays a tad toward Dateline episode fodder, but the intercutting of the three plots combined with stunning cinematography keeps the doc's engine chugging forward.

Mar 12, 2018

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Valerie Ettenhofer

Nonfics

While spotlighting the Instagram journeys of three fascinating young people, this documentary fails to ask the most important questions.

Mar 15, 2019

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Jordan Calhoun

Black Nerd Problems

Social Animals offers us a personal look into the reality of the fantasy if we're bold enough for the task. No matter how you feel, Facebook is betting you play the game...whether you like to or not.

Jan 22, 2019

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Deborah Krieger

Filthy Dreams

Social Animals focuses exclusively on how American teenagers use Instagram, almost serving as a fact-based mirror of Bo Burnham's gentle, wickedly honest Eighth Grade .

Jan 22, 2019

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Pamela Powell

Reel Honest Reviews

Social Animals expertly weaves together a compelling narrative, but more importantly, it allows everyone, no matter their age, to better comprehend the social pressures of today's youth in a digital era.

Jan 16, 2019

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An amazing film that showcases social media in a very bad way, but does so in such an artistic and phenomenal style. This documentary is AMAZING.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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daron d

Watch only if you can handle the three teens repeat the word "like" 2x in every sentence.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It's fascinating.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Well made doc about instagram. Fails to grab my heart though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Mostly fulfilled its potential scope with leaving out further impactful connections due to couple unanswered questions raised in the duration, but this little documentary pretty much, in a surprisingly persuasive effect by valuable insight, covers enough ground in singly thoroughness from enforcing pros to expected cons with captivating exemplification. (A-) (Full review TBD)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

For all the psychological and social turmoil, the ethical dilemmas and emotional unrest that platforms like Instagram often induce among today's digital natives, the filmmakers narrate the lives of these three independent users with clarity, empathy, and repose. While a less careful documentary might simply treat these stories as utterly sensational and provocative, what's on display here instead is greater curiosity about changing norms than more stereotypical anxieties about generational gaps and alien youth. That said, I did find myself checking my own Instagram before the ending; then again, I doubt the filmmakers or participants would think that much of a problem.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Synopsis

The real and digital worlds of a Midwestern girl, a daredevil photographer and an aspiring swimsuit model are explored.

Director: Jonathan Ignatius Green
Producer: Blake Heal
Screenwriter: Jonathan Ignatius Green, Peter Garriott, Carol Martori
Production Co: One Thousand Birds, Subconscious Films, Freefolk, Conscious Minds Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2018
Runtime: 1h 26m

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