The App (2019)
7/10
Self destructive Obsession
6 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
That is what this movie is about. A guy on top of the world with super rich dad, loving girlfriend and budding dream acting career is pushed into using the dating app to please his girlfriend. When he refuses to engage in the sexually overt members of the app, girlfriend wants him to keep going with it... then some random "girl" stalks him and teases him and he becomes obsessed. Stupid him. I get his desire for financial independence but why this stalker gets to him, I don't know. He is playing Jesus in the film role he never actually records, and the large snake in his bed seems symbolic as he confronts it... is it the app sending him the pics? Electronic voice? Is it the overly religious hotel employee pining for him or is she not really interested in him? Who is the woman in the church? Why does she say they are the same? Why did he get hit by a car? The reveal is still confusing... and leaves me thinking AI is gonna mess up our lives in ways we can't imagine! I think it is meant to be a profound look at self-acceptance, being ok to be alone and just as you are, but it also adds a touch of could you choose to "lose it all for love? When that love is Self Love?"
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