Collider by Chase Hutchinson
The grim absurdity of it goes hand in hand with the horror, making the escalations and chaos properly fun.
Director
Weica Wang
Cast
Gorn Wannapairote,
Purple Hsu,
Chang-Yu Yu,
Anita Tsai,
Lin Lin,
Hsia La,
Allen Liang,
Liu Hao-wen,
Robert Hung,
77Ke
Genre
Romance
At K-DOL Academy, where idols gather, the stage is a battlefield and popularity means everything! Confident Sky, cheerful Anroy, and the quietly supportive Little Crab find their relationships growing increasingly complicated as dreams and romance collide. Some push themselves to the limit in pursuit of glory, some let love throw off their rhythm, and some get lost between friendship and competition. Youth has no pause button—“Love Trainee” captures their growth and confessions with the most passionate energy and heartfelt emotions.
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Collider by Chase Hutchinson
The grim absurdity of it goes hand in hand with the horror, making the escalations and chaos properly fun.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
It’s smartly crafted, well-written, and strongly performed. I’m not sure it works as social media commentary, but it undeniably clicks as an entertaining thriller about someone who thinks the Insta-world is shallow enough to hide her sociopathic behavior.
Paste Magazine by Matt Donato
What Influencer brings to the party lands with a softer impact in the messages it preaches, but that doesn’t prevent a twistier predatory narrative from snagging our attention like a buzzworthy viral sensation.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Though the movie falls a bit short in character and theme, Harder preserves the story’s shocks by having the players remain aloof and unknowable from moment to moment, which keeps the overall picture’s meaning vague.
The New York Times by Brandon Yu
Harder has made good and entertaining use of a premise that could have become a simple gimmick, and Naud and Saper prove strong leads as their characters try to read each other between the likes.
The Guardian by Phil Hoad
The four-part shuffle keeps it lively, and Naud is an imposing black hole.
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