Review of Catfish (2010) by Louis S — 01 Feb 2013

Highly recommend. A documentary that has some strange twists and turns about this guy in NY that has an online romance with a girl in Michagan. But soon things dont seem to be exactly what they are. Real good.

This review of Catfish (2010) was written by Louis S on 01 Feb 2013.

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