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Mainstream is a not-so-amazing journey through the internet. Gia Coppola has made a modern variation on A Face in the Crowd, But whereas that ageless and phenomenal classic focuses on the interconnection between the media, celebrity and politics, Mainstream, characteristically of its time, is concerned only with social networks and thus the purely egocentric circles of self-presentation and the paradox of moral authorities heralding an awakening on the stultifying platforms. Coppola peculiarly works with both conceptual and formalistic literalness, and creates a simple duality of YouTuber-ish hyperactive evil versus indie alternative from the heart. On the other hand, certain themes and narrative patterns are simply repeated in culture and every generation has its own works that, although they may later remain forgotten in the mass of the historical flow of media, are formative for the young viewers of the given time. I thus believe that what Floundering once was for me, Mainstream will be for some of today’s teens. (02.10.2021)

If Gia Coppola had developed the central idea of her script in a little greater depth, this could have been a very powerful and disturbing movie touching on the issue of the influence of virtual reality and social networks on the real lives of young people. What we get is more of an exhibition of Andrew Garfield, but his acting mastery makes it worth giving this unusual movie a chance. I was also intrigued by Maya Hawke, who cannot deny her famous parents’ genes. (70%) (30.05.2022)