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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThere's more killer suspense and shocking intimacy in this one-of-a-kind documentary than you'll find in a dozen thrillers. You'll laugh hard and cry too.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayCatfish is absolutely riveting, and even nerve-wracking as Joost and the Schulmans get progressively closer to learning more about their "friends."
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinAlthough Catfish is opportunistic, even borderline exploitive, it gets at-by indirection, through the back door-the magic-carpet aspect of this scary new medium. Real people are so complicated and irreducible, you know?
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJaw-dropping and surprisingly kind-hearted considering the circumstances.
- 70VarietyVarietyThough editor Zac Stuart-Pontier assembles the sprawling personal journey into swift and suspenseful shape, it helps immensely that Nev is such a charming screen presence.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleCatfish was built to charm, not indict, and on that front it makes for a diverting seriocomic wade into the pitfalls of Internet-based immediacy, and by extension, the manipulative mysteries of documentary assemblage.
- 60Boxoffice MagazinePam GradyBoxoffice MagazinePam GradyThis is a film of warmth, humor, suspense and surprising grace.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhether you think Catfish is fact or fiction, it certainly taps into something true: the basic, common need to believe that what feels like love is real.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIn Catfish, the camera's-rolling readiness to trawl for drama leaves a slimy aftertaste.
- 20Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichI'll respect the studio's wishes to abbreviate all plot description. God knows, they're marketing it like the second coming of "The Crying Game," though the revelations that await Nev are only shocking if you believe P.T. Barnum was really in possession of a genuine Fiji mermaid.