Not Okay
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): July 29, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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14
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Vanity FairRichard LawsonAug 2, 2022
Had the movie pitched itself on a one-way trip into the black, Deutch would no doubt have been up to the task. She’s a squirmy wonder in the film, loathsome and pitiable and, perhaps, grimly relatable. At times, Shephard overstates Danni’s detachment from polite society, but otherwise she and Deutch keep things in frightfully believable bounds. Read full review
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Screen RantMolly FreemanJul 29, 2022
There is a great deal of cringe comedy in Not Okay and the actors all pull it off well. Shephard's social media black comedy is an entertaining film that may leave audiences thinking about their own relationship to social media. Read full review
60
The GuardianAdrian HortonJul 28, 2022
Not Okay is like many “internet movies” before it – approaching uncanny valley, somewhat obvious, just a little off — but this unsettling darkness makes it a solid entry into the canon of just-okay social media films. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJul 20, 2022
Shepard’s reach might exceed her grasp, but there’s no question that she takes risks and is a filmmaker of notable promise. Read full review
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The New York TimesLena WilsonJul 28, 2022
As satires go, this one by the writer and director Quinn Shephard is hardly subtle — but though it lacks narrative finesse, Not Okay is brimming with provocative in-jokes for the extremely online. Read full review
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Rolling StoneA.A. DowdJul 27, 2022
In the end, it’s not just that you’re watching a satire sans teeth — it’s more like you’re sitting through a version of Shattered Glass where Stephen Glass feels kind of bad about all those stories he made up. Read full review
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Slant MagazineDerek SmithJul 25, 2022
Not Okay doesn’t make any points that, now over a decade into the ubiquity of social media, aren’t painfully obvious. Read full review
43
TheWrapRobert AbeleJul 20, 2022
Big swings can make for big misses, and that’s the situation writer-director Quinn Shephard’s internet satire-screed “Not Okay” finds itself in, lining up all kinds of juicy targets regarding fame and shame in our social media age, but proving not so discerning about character, humor, and story when it comes to following-through. Read full review
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The PlaylistMarshall ShafferJul 29, 2022
Shephard’s film is a half-baked thinkpiece on cancel culture in search of a plausible narrative. While hitching her ideas to a scammer story, it loses the thread in a sea of topicality. No matter the potency contained in portions of her message, “Not Okay” is muddled by her delivery through the wrong medium Read full review
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