Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
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Title: Catfish (2010)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Nev Schulman | ... | Self (as Yaniv 'Nev' Schulman) | |
| Ariel Schulman | ... | Self (as Ariel 'Rel' Schulman) | |
| Henry Joost | ... | Self | |
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Angela Wesselman-Pierce | ... | Self (as Angela Wesselman) |
| Melody C. Roscher | ... | Self | |
| Wendy Whelan | ... | Dancer: Morphoses | |
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Craig Hall | ... | Dancer: Morphoses |
| Tiler Peck | ... | Dancer: Morphoses | |
| Drew Jacoby | ... | Dancer: Morphoses | |
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Rubi Pronk | ... | Dancer: Morphoses |
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Adrian Danchig-Waring | ... | Dancer: Morphoses |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Blake Alexandros | ... | Nando | |
In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. Written by Universal Pictures
I remember in the very late 90's discovering the world of Yahoo chatrooms ... talking this way and that way with total strangers, sometimes being myself, sometimes lying through my teeth. Creating new usernames as a female to talk to lesbians every once in a while seemed a fun thing to do as an 18yr old lad, never succeeding to convince any to talk dirty to me. HA! The things we do.
And that is where this movie comes in. Meeting people online ... checking out their profiles and thinking ... "yeah ... not bad", talking more online and getting to know them and developing feelings for this entity, god knows where on the planet, typing their words to you and maybe, just maybe feeling the same way.
And how much of it is true ... ?
This was an intriguing watch, playful and suspenseful and by the end, full of heart that is a far cry from the gripping thriller documentary style movie portrayed in the trailer (which I saw after at one reviewers request) but none the less, I enjoyed the movie for piecing together something many of us have done ... but just not to these extremes. Give it a go ... =]