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IRL (2019)
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An intimate look into the struggles of online dating. ian is stuck, trying to find the woman of his dreams, sending the same template of questions to every girl he meets. You can relate to how quickly your attitude can change about something when you are caught off guard by someone new. You can see how it truly feels different to him, that it is refreshing, when he doesn't end his first message to Sofia the same as every other one he had sent to previous women.
Being caught off guard can lead you to do things you normally wouldn't do, especially when it comes to falling in love. Ian learns this the hard way, giving too much too fast, and this reflects greatly upon relationships in real life (lolz) whether it is one sided feelings, miscommunication, and setting up unrealistic expectations... When you are in a rut and find something new and fresh, things can move very quickly and have a snowball effect to get out of hand.
The amount of detail put in to create the online dating site/app, the profile descriptions, were very realistic in terms of what people actually see when trying to find love on the internet.
The camera work is very clean yet intimate, almost a cozy feeling. It is very easy on the eyes, full of crisp and saturated colours, you could almost smell the linen in Ian's bed in the scenes he is waking up to check his messages.
To describe the film in two words, I would say intimate & cozy.