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Under the Influence

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The rise and fall of one of the biggest YouTubers in the world whose feel-good videos masked the dark and reckless new ethos of online celebrity culture.

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Caroline Siede Fox 10 Phoenix 04/01/2022
While Neistat occasionally struggles to shake a YouTube-honed sense of melodrama as he builds up to some of the more dramatic events in the Dobrik saga, in the end, what stands out most about "Under The Influence" is how even-handed it is. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety 03/21/2022
A very absorbing, very disquieting, very meaningful-for-our-time documentary... Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 03/18/2022
A film that benefits from a relationship between a filmmaker and subject. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/03/2022
C
Never warmed up to the vlogger's shtick. Go to Full Review Ned Booth The Playlist 04/14/2022
B-
Neistat inadvertently uncovers that Dobrik and his ilk live and die not by the sword of the public, but by that need for clicks.. theyre clickbait personified, an attention suck, and as a culture, we should try our best to divert our attention elsewhere. Go to Full Review John Fink The Film Stage 03/30/2022
C+
An OG YouTuber like Casey Neistat is perhaps one of the only people that could make the film in this way, with this level of access, but he lacks some critical distance needed for deeper insight. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Casey Neistat

Director

David Dobrik

Self

Mark Monroe

Writer

Casey Neistat

Producer

Mason Plotts

Producer

Christine Vachon

Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis The rise and fall of one of the biggest YouTubers in the world whose feel-good videos masked the dark and reckless new ethos of online celebrity culture.
Director
Casey Neistat
Producer
Casey Neistat, Mason Plotts, Christine Vachon
Screenwriter
Mark Monroe, Mark Monroe
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m