Review of Catfish

Catfish (2010)
5/10
Wrong in so many ways.
1 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was a very depressing experience, not what I was expecting from the misleading trailer (the moment in the trailer when he goes to the garage door is the biggest bait and switch I have ever seen). Essentially, this film is one big lie (once again, including the trailer.) A filmmaker has no right to complain that he is being lied to while patching a hidden microphone to his chest. He bemoans being made a fool after a series of too-good-to-be-true incidents occur. But when it becomes apparent that the filmmakers have stumbled upon some deeply disturbed sickness, they continue to shoot for the sake of not being "lazy" and completing a film. It's akin to the age-old question of "Is it right to televise executions?" Some things are just not meant to be filmed. I do recommend the film "tallhotblond" which tells the same type of story to much better effect in a jaw-dropping manner. I guess the moral of Catfish was don't befriend eight year old girls on Facebook.
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