
Fake Famous
2021 · Movie · R · 83 min · ★ 7.1
Followers, likes, comments -- these are the currencies of fame today. Illuminating the good and bad of our obsession with social media, this documentary trails three starry-eyed Los Angeles transplants as they participate in a social experiment designed to turn everyday people with modest online followings into "famous" influencers.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-02-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 83 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (44 votes)
Themes
- social network
- social media
- social experiment
- observational documentary
- judgment by social media
- psychological manipulation
Cast & crew

Christopher Bailey
as Self
- OB
Osiris Bashir
as Self

Justine Bateman
as Self

Shannon Dee
as Self
- DD
Dominique Druckman
as Self
- LE
Liz Eswein
as Self
- SF
Sarah Frier
as Self
- WH
Wylie Heiner
as Self

Taylor Lorenz
as Self
- CO
Carla Emilian Olivas
as Self
Directed by Nick Bilton