Catfish "Movie" review

Movie: Catfish
Ted Puffer's Review: -3 stars

Long story short, this movie is faked. Now there are plenty of clues about the fakery involved in it, but that's not the point. The point is that even if the story were legit, it's still not that involving, and barely worth telling in the first place.

I don't think that I'm being too harsh on the movie, because there is a fair amount of speculation about what makes a good movie in the first place. For the most part I really do try to keep an open mind, and believe strongly that there are different levels of what constitutes "good" when it comes to film. A film that fails under every category, yet is effectively edited could be considered "good". It's a stretch, but you see what I'm getting at.

In the case of "Catfish", there isn't anything to really hold onto. For a film like this, it must:

1- be made in such a way that the viewer believes it's real
2- have a twist which the viewer wasn't expecting or hasn't seen before
3- contain the seeds of a larger theme or idea beyond the main storyline

Yeah, I could go on. But "Catfish" isn't really worth it. I sort of liked the interior shots of the New York office. And the sound was well done.