Nov 7, 2018
“Like Me” 2017
Writer & Director: Robert Mockler
Stars: Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden
seen from United Kingdom
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seen from Malaysia
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seen from Malaysia
“Like Me” 2017
Writer & Director: Robert Mockler
Stars: Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden
US one sheet for LIKE ME (Robert Mockler, USA, 2017)
Artist: Jeremy Enecio
Poster source: Kino Lorber
LIKE ME opens in New York at IFC Center and in Los Angeles at Arena Cinelounge tomorrow!
Like Me
Are you scared of me?
A young woman sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.
Like Me (2017)
Director: Robert Mockler Cinematographer: James Siewert
Like Me (2017)
Festival poster for LIKE ME (Robert Mockler, USA, 2017)
Artist: Jeremy Enecio
Poster source: JenecioArt
Awarded Special Jury recognition for Excellence in Poster Design at SXSW 2017.
Kiya wears a mask and robs a convenience store. She scares the employee so bad he pisses himself, and she records the whole thing to post online. She’s famous, and everyone is talking about her video. One person, Burt, thinks it’s pathetic and that Kiya represents everything wrong with society. Kiya’s journey continues with taking a homeless man out to eat, buying a pet rat, and tempting a hotel manager into coming to her room so she could tie him up and force feed him junk food until he throws up. She does it all for the camera, and soon her kidnapping victim becomes the only person she can talk to.
Like Me (2017) is about a loner on a crime spree. The double-meaning of the title makes me think that Kiya is looking for both things - people to like her, and someone who is like her. I have to draw this from the title though because she’s an incredibly guarded character who gives away very little information about herself. Her motivations are completely obscured and can only be guessed. Maybe we’re meant to believe she just does it for the likes, but I’m not convinced that’s the whole story.
This film has the feel of a low-budget, but they make the most of it with colorful lighting, interesting set pieces, and the glitchy looping gifs of Kiya’s blog. It was fairly violent and gross. I want to enjoy this film, but the total obfuscation of Kiya’s motivations makes it hard to really appreciate her character.
