Laughing Lexi has gained internet fame as a motivational influencer and her disappearance is the focus of this film combining security footage, media coverage and police evidence to go along with the interviews provided by fans and friends. We start with footage of a concerned friend checking on her and then calling the police when she’s getting no response. The days pass and answers are not coming so we backtrack to watch the footage Lexi has posted, starting six months back when she just purchased her first home. Interviews soon trickle in from an author who believes something supernatural and malicious intruded upon her life and another author who believes that something more human but maybe just as malicious came for her. That’s pretty much how the film plays out, with footage of Lexi’s vlog and interviews with people who knew her and people who cashed in on the intrigue behind her disappearance. She has adorable pit bulls, so I immediately liked her but Victoria Vertuga gives a solid performance on top of the pit bull ownership, so it’s very easy to be sympathetic with the young woman as all the awfulness begins to seep in. There’s a strong focus on the humans behind the image they throw out to the public and the opinions everyone thinks they are owed because the line between celebrity and the public has diminished since social media became an obsession for any dope with access to the Internet and the anonymity it affords them. So, the emotional aspect of whatever it is plaguing our doomed protagonist is well crafted and there’s some genuine spookiness playing out as Lexi begins to crumble. Plenty of believably awful humans and sad humans pop up just making it rougher to watch the one sympathetic character we have go through a fucking nightmare. Mental health takes a blow, the ugliness of humanity gets the spotlight and maybe social media proves to be the true threat. There’s no satisfactory answer given and I gotta say, it’s a way more fitting ending than it usually is when it comes to a lack of answers.
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