The story follows Casey as she takes the "World's Fair Challenge," an online role-playing game that supposedly triggers physical and mental transformations in its participants. Much of the film is presented in a "found footage" or "screenlife" style, consisting of Casey’s self-recorded videos and her interactions with a mysterious older man, JLB, who watches her progress from afar. The tension lies in the ambiguity: is Casey actually being affected by the game, or is she simply a lonely child lost in a performance? We're All Going to the World's Fair [SPOILERS] : r/movies
is a polarizing, low-budget psychological horror that functions more as a somber character study than a traditional thriller . Directed by Jane Schoenbrun, the film captures the isolating, often surreal experience of growing up on the internet through the lens of a lonely teenager named Casey (played by Anna Cobb). The Plot: Reality vs. Roleplay