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Catfish

Catfish

2010Movie⏱️ 1h 27mPG-13
DocumentaryDramaMysteryThriller
7.1
IMDB Rating
44,287 votes

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
Release Date
October 1, 2010
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 2
Wins
🎯 7
Nominations
💬 197
Reviews
📋 35.4K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Nev Schulman
Nev Schulman
as Self
Ariel Schulman
Ariel Schulman
as Self
Henry Joost
Henry Joost
as Self
👤
Angela Wesselman-Pierce
as Self
Melody C. Roscher
Melody C. Roscher
as Self
Wendy Whelan
Wendy Whelan
as Self - Dancer: Morphoses
👤
Craig Hall
as Self - Dancer: Morphoses
Tiler Peck
Tiler Peck
as Self - Dancer: Morphoses
Drew Jacoby
Drew Jacoby
as Self - Dancer: Morphoses
👤
Rubi Pronk
as Self - Dancer: Morphoses

💰 Box Office

$3,533,711
Worldwide Gross
$3,237,343
Domestic Gross
$257,285
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
DTS
Color
Color
Filming Location
Ishpeming, Michigan, USA
Production
Supermarché, Hit The Ground Running Films

🏷️ Keywords

deceptionfriendshippaintinginternetfacebook

🎯 Categories

Science & Technology DocumentaryDocumentaryDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Not just another fish in the film sea
by StevePulaski2011-01-23
8/10

"Most human beings have two eyes. One left eye, and one right eye. Catfish pries open your third eye above the two you were born with. That eye is the eye to sense bulls*** from a mile away. It makes you think about the people you associate with online, and the people you come across with on Facebook, the oh-so popular networking site. Upon finishing this film, I was unsure of what to think of it. "Real or fake?" was the question that popped in my head. Could this be just another false documentary teaching us a lesson, but using actors to portray realistic people? Or was this an auth..."

💡 Did You Know?

As of August 2011, the film has been hit with two lawsuits and, according to Catfish distributor Relativity Media, the film has an unrecouped balance of more than $8.5 million and will not likely ever become profitable. Both of these lawsuits have to do with songs used within the movie not being attributed to their creators.

📖 Synopsis

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.