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Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

A lot of fun.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

If this is all fake can I "Catfish" Nev next? Cuz WOW he's cute! Plus I'm mostly honest when talking to random strangers online.In all seriousness, fake or real I think this does two things really well. First, it examines the character's lives in a way that really feels reliable to the audience.The second thing it does well is give a bit of a face to most parent's fears about social media, but it does it in a not abductor rape kind of way.All in all I enjoyed it's plot very much, although personally I'm not a fan of the hand held "amateur documentary" style of film making. It makes this feel a little like a found footage horror flick even though it isn't.

This generations social media it is hard to see and believe that someone is out of reach or unknown. Half of the population in Australia is on Facebook, this is certainly guaranteed. But what if the person you thought you knew turned out to be the unknown? "Catfish" is a documentary of 2008. In Schulman's and Joost's journey of self discovery, "Catfish" is the documentary of this generation. "Catfish" is a thrilling and an engaging documentary.the story follows a young man called Nev, as he develops an online relationship with an entire family, as the story slowly unfolds it leaves Nev going miles to find out who these people really are. Most of the filming is done by Nev's brother Areil and Henry, although there is quite a few raw pieces in the film i have to give them credit for not giving up on the quest that they have had. This documentary really tries to bring the elements of the genre together.

There's not much you can really say about this film without including spoilers. However, the basic plot follows "Nev", as he starts a new friendship/relationship with a family online (namely over facebook). Throughout the film we see this story develop, until we see that not everything is as it seems.As I watched the trailer and got a grasp on the basic story, I thought the film had masses of potential. As a regular user of social media, I found the 'documentary' in places a bit unbelievable. The last 40 minutes of the film suggests like the story is building, but for me, it never fully delivered.A truly great concept, but for me it didn't quite live up to expectations.

It doesn't feel right to give Catfish three stars, because it may be many things but 'Average' is not one of them, and yet going as far as 'Good' seems too far somehow, and 'Just OK' would undervalue a thoughtful piece of work. It is an intriguing film, and certainly holds the attention. Is it really a documentary? Are Ariel and Henry really filmmakers and Nev the aspiring photographer? In the end they are convincing enough, as is the whole premise, but the questions that Catfish asks are spoken as soft and subtle enquiries rather than loud demands for self examination, which perhaps they should be. The outcome is eyebrow-shifting, but not really a surprise and it seems like arch naivety for the filmmakers expect us to be shocked. Despite this Catfish is a touching piece of filmmaking and worthwhile sticking with to the end, even if it's only to find out where the name comes from, perhaps the most interesting aspect of all.