Catfish

How much of our lives are truly on the web for everyone to see, and the other side of that coin is how much is the truth. This film examines what happens when the truth collides with fantasy, and most things turn out okay. The other thing that this film examines is the use of technology as the primary source of communication, with out a face-to-face conversation a relationship is started and then, like we’ve all heard a thousand times, one of the people is not telling the truth about themselves. Shocking that people out there don’t tell the truth about themselves, just shocking.
Two film makers document the events that unfold when a young artist named Abby contacts Nev, a photographer, through Facebook, and the relationships that manifest with her sister and mother. Shot as a true documentary helps keep this story grounded in reality, at a number of times during the film you would expect something spectacular to happen, but where this is real life we just move on to the next scene. One thing that is working in the films favor is that the camera work is steady, the frame does not jump around like other documentaries and it gives the audience a chance to focus on the scene and not the movement of the camera.
This film wasn’t all that I thought it was going to be, true there was some suspense but the reviewers that were liking this to Alfred Hitchcock I believe were off base. You do get sucked into the story, and that’s a good thing, but when the conclusion is unfolded you feel a little let down. The film was enjoyable and worth watching, to say I’d see it again, probably not, I’ve seen it once and I’ve had my fill of catfish.