Kurt Kunkle (Joe Keery) has been a content creator online for years, but he has never had viewing figures of double digits before. Now he has a plan though, can he go viral if he live streams a killing spree as a car sharing driver for the aptly named Spree?

Spree brilliantly captures 21st century social media content. The whole film is told from the perspective of Kunkle live streaming his life and from time to time those he interacts with doing the same. Kunkle and his fellow live streamers are a group of vapid and soulless people desperate for attention via “likes” and “follows” and at times the film is a brilliant take down of the culture.

Kurt is a lost young man who has had a difficult time learning who he is whilst growing up in a broken family. It is clear that he has latched on to social media as a way to validate who he is as a person and Joe Keery delivers a really insightful and funny performance portraying this. The underlying fragility in Kurt shines through and he delivers the dark humour well.

There is just one massive problem with this film and I suspect that it might be something to do with my age. The film captures live streaming and content creators so well that it is at times infuriating to watch. The fact that the characters annoy me so much should be a testament to the film’s authenticity but it just made it so damn hard to watch. Especially when the live streams include viewer comments scrolling up the screen creating sensory overload. I enjoyed the satirical message and the lead performance but if you already know you dislike this culture you may struggle to enjoy this film.