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Catfish

16 Ratings: 3.4

A movie directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

The slipperiness of truth and lies on the Internet gets played out in unexpected ways in the documentary Catfish. When Nev Schulman receives a painting based on a photograph of his from an 8-year-old girl named Abby in Michigan, he doesn't realize … see full wiki

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Cast: Ariel Schulman, Melody C. Roscher, Yaniv Schulman, Angela Wesselman-Pierce

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 17 September 2010 (USA)

MPAA Rating: PG-13

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review by ryguy4738. March 11, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

A film that's essentially about the evilness of Facebook.

*** out of **** "Catfish" is the kind of movie that would have done even better if it hadn't been advertised so poorly. The trailers make the thing out to be some sort of thriller. What we get when we actually watch the thing is a drama; but luckily, it's a good one with a heart. I do admire "Catfish" for its entertaining qualities; and then again, there are moments where the thing just wasn't all that good. But as a whole, "Catfish" is for sure the movie that you'd expect … more

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review by Chris_Pandolfi. September 25, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Maybe the Girl You Love Isn't Who She Says She Is

That the authenticity of "Catfish" is in question is both the film's greatest strength and its biggest weakness. Directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost have repeatedly claimed that their documentary isn't a hoax, and while I'd like to believe them, I admit that I have my doubts; some of it comes off as a little too dramatic, almost as if the situation were intentionally manufactured for the sake of telling a cautionary tale of internet romance. That being said, the definition … more

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review by GlassofWin. February 11, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

To Catch a Catfish: A Film Review

“The internet is always lying to you.” - personal advice to me from Mike (Cruft), whom I initially met online in 2003. When Catfish started stirring the waters (tee hee) of art house theaters here in Los Angeles I did not know what it was about. After I caught wind from a tweet praising it, I inquired – she, the Tweeter, said she couldn’t tell me anything other than it was good and I must get to a theater ASAP to see it. Well, art house … more

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Quick Tip by cyclone_march. January 04, 2012

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A Quick Tip by cyclone_march

I hate to see people embarrassed even when they deserve it. When it was over I wound up disliking the deluded as much as the deluders.

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review by BlackSheep. September 25, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

The original Facebook Movie

CATFISH Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Starring Nev Schulman Nev: They didn’t fool me. They just told me things and I didn’t question them. That’s not fooling. There are still people out there who consider meeting people from the internet to be a pretty dangerous thing. They might not be who they say they are or, worse yet, they could be a serial killer or something equally frightening. … more

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