Review of Catfish (2010) by Donna B — 07 Jan 2012

Documentary (?) /film keeps you on edge and guessing; interesting but kinda scary.

This review of Catfish (2010) was written by Donna B on 07 Jan 2012.

Catfish has generally received positive reviews.

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Catfish was built to charm, not indict, and on that front it makes for a diverting seriocomic wade into the pitfalls of Internet-based immediacy,…

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By Henry F (178) on 21 Sep 2014

So this is the best documentary I've seen to date (although I haven't seen many documentaries...); it's clever, interesting and pretty moving…

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By Serge L (642) on 30 Jan 2015

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By Gina W (340) on 24 Jun 2016

The twist wasn't as intense as the commercials made them out to be, but it was entertaining & thought-producing nonetheless…

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