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Sick of Myself is being marketed as one of those oh so clever satirical comedies about privileged but fucked up people. Think Worst Person in the World, Triangle of Sadness and The White Lotus and you’ll get the genre. Set in Oslo and Gothenburg, it’s the story of 20-something Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) who works in a trendy coffee shop and feels side-lined by her installation artist boyfrien, Thomas. She’s also jealous of her friends who have more interesting jobs and craves respect from them and from Thomas.

Sick of Myself is a satire from Norway that skewers the ‘look at me, look at me’ generation addicted to social media and asks: how far will someone go? Too far, is the short answer. Much, much, much too far, is the longer one. Indeed, although this starts out as a dark comedy, it does

Norwegian writer/director Kristoffer Borgli finds a funnier, darker side of narcissism. Our Sick of Myself review:

From Norway, this smug satire tracks the rise and fall of an attention-seeking young woman who intentionally disfigures herself by taking a sketchy Russian drug.