Toward the close of Quinn Shephard’s “Not Okay,” the film introduces a cheeky and somewhat clever visual: an “online shaming support group.” After Zoey Deutsch’s Danni Sanders faces a societal reckoning for building her public profile on an easily provable falsehood, she seeks solace with a group of real-life influencers who have faced various degrees of backlash, controversy, and cancellation. Among the assembled are fashionista best-dressed (who caught flak from her fans for taking a partnership with Amazon that many felt flew in the face of her pledged goal of sustainability), TikToker Josh Helfgott (whose privilege came into question over participating in a Zoom call for Black History Month), and popular streamer Rocco Botte of Mega64 (who became embroiled in scandal after an ex-girlfriend accused him of grooming).

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