The reviews are out for the new movie "Like Me," which received satisfactory feedback from critics who generally thought of it as edgy and stylish but also a tad self-indulgent.
The suspense-drama, directed by Robert Mockler, received a passable 60 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a site that averages review scores from various entertainment outlets. Here are what some of the reviewers had to say.
Eric Kohn from IndieWire expressed, "It's an obvious conceit and doesn't offer new insights, but Mockler transforms the material into a solid thriller with an edgy vision of millennial lunacy, sketching out a psychopath unique to the viral video age."
Following that, Matt Donato from We Got This Covered stated, "'Like Me' benefits from style, glamour and pinkish coloring, but needs a bit stronger narrative to break the next level."
Finally, these two scribes were a bit lukewarm about the movie. Chris Bumbray from JoBlo's Movie Emporium wrote, "Well-shot, but too self-indulgent to come off as anything more than experimental."
On the other hand, Stephen Mayne from Under the Radar remarked, "Unfortunately it drops off badly, descending into tedium well before the end is reached, but some of the imagery is hard to forget."
The story is about a reckless loner named Kiya (Addison Timlin) who ventures out on a crime spree, which she then shares on social media. She starts out robbing a convenience store and records it. When she shares the video on the internet, she immediately amasses a huge following and becomes an online criminal sensation.
Along the way, she encounters an Internet troll, a drifter, and a drug-addicted outsider who join her ongoing criminal rampage. The film takes the audience into the world of isolation in this age of digital media.
"Like Me" is set to premiere on Friday, Jan 26, in theaters nationwide.
