Review of Mainstream (2021) by Jessica Kiang for Variety — 20 Sep 2020
A brittle, exasperated satire on social media celebrity, her sophomore film, like the tacky messiah it creates in Andrew Garfield’s YouTube sensation, soon becomes the very thing it sets out to expose: a glittery, jangly image machine that manufactures little of actual substance, except the conclusion that social media = bad.
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This review of Mainstream (2021) was written by Jessica Kiang and published by Variety on 20 Sep 2020.
Mainstream has generally received mixed reviews.
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