Catfish
2010 · Movie · PG-13 · 87 min · ★ 6.8 · 73% critics
A young photographer gets contacted by a child who wants to paint one of his photos, and an online friendship quickly grows. As the search for what’s really going on deepens, an online connection turns personal and unsettling, prompting a road trip with friends in pursuit of the truth.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-09-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (556 votes)
About
You’ll like Catfish if you enjoy a suspenseful mystery about online relationships and what people hide behind profiles; Not for you if you dislike tense, divisive documentaries or you prefer straightforward storytelling over uncertainty like The Social Network or Square One: Michael Jackson.
Pros: fascinating online mystery; engaging character study; tense and eerie | Cons: divisive pacing; some say it’s boring; mixed views on realness
Themes
- dating
- found footage
- aftercreditsstinger
- online dating
- dating scam
- fake dating
- dating deception
- dating documentary
- on-line dating
Cast & crew
Nēv Schulman
as Self
Ariel Schulman
as Self
Angela Wesselman-Pierce
as Self
- MR
Melody C. Roscher
as Self
Henry Joost
as Self
- WW
Wendy Whelan
as Dancer: Morphoses
- CH
Craig Hall
as Dancer: Morphoses
Tiler Peck
as Dancer: Morphoses
Drew Jacoby
as Dancer: Morphoses
- RP
Rubi Pronk
as Dancer: Morphoses
Directed by Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost