Catfish
Decent original documentary.
I didn't know what was going to happen with this.
Lots of reviews say this has a crazy outcome.
We find out that outcome a little bit after halfway.
The rest after that it's just the solution and we move on.
I like how it was all put together.
I mean we always hear these online dating stories
in the news, some with their own unique outcome
when the couple finally meet in person.
For the first time that I know of, it's now told in
a documentary. Kudos for that.
This is definitely recommended.
Since they referenced Facebook a lot,
I recommend a double feature with Social Network.
If you're planning on seeing it, skip the rest of
my comments. Below this picture, I will give out
the spoilers to this documentary.
So, if you want me to spoil it, go for it.
Alright, these brothers started making a doc without
knowing what was going to happen.
The main brother, Nev, meets this 19 year old girl (Megan) online
who happens to be the sister of the 8 year old girl who's
been painting pictures of Nev's photographs.
Nev and Megan have been dating online and through texts
and phone calls for a few months.
Nev starts getting suspicious that this Megan is not what she seems.
So him and his brothers decide to pay a surprise visit
and they travel far to do that.
There's some suspense.
About 30 minutes before it ends, we get the big surprise:
Megan was actually this 40 year old married lady named Angela
who claimed since the beginning to be Megan's mom.
She played Angela and Megan throughout the online dating.
And she's actually the painter of his photographs not her
8 year old daughter. She lives a complicated life
with her husband and few other kids.
She used facebook to kind of live this second life.
She's in love with Nev.
In the end, we find out there's no Megan.
Nev and Angela make peace and go their separate ways.
They remain friends on Facebook.
That's the main gist of this.
So, if you happen to see this, the suspense won't be there no more
after reading these spoiler comments.
Check it out, good doc.
