Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara

2024Movie⏱️ 1h 39mTV-MA

Documentary

⭐ 6.4

IMDB Rating

837 votes

Follows a catfishing scheme that targeted fans of the indie rock band Tegan and Sara, exploring the dark side of fandom.

Director

Erin Lee Carr

Writers

N/A

Stars

Rene Botha, Lindsey Byrnes, Erin Lee Carr

Release Date

October 18, 2024

Language

English

Country

United States

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Nominations

💬 10

Reviews

📋 1.4K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

👤

Rene Botha

as Self - Tegan's Tattoo Artist

Lindsey Byrnes

as Self - Photographer

Erin Lee Carr

as Self - Filmmaker

Jenny Eliscu

as Self - Music Journalist

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Piers Henwood

as Self - Tegan and Sara's Management 2002-2020

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Max Kilger

as Self - Social Psychologist Cyberterrorism Expert

David Letterman

as Self

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Kim Persley

as Self - Tegan and Sara's Management 2004-2019

Sara Quin

as Self - Musician

Tegan Quin

as Self - Musician

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Production

Carr Lot Productions, Story Syndicate

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

A rather dry account of the perils of fame, but interesting.

by davidpetrison • 2024-12-10

7/10

"When I saw the title Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, I got excited. I am not a huge fan, but I have liked them in the past enough to buy a couple CDs. I thought, "Cool. I can hear a but about the story of the band Iand maybe hear a few songs. Maybe see them perform a bit." Well, I sorta got what I wanted, on the former point. Die hard fans of the group will probably be fascinated and will love the band even more for what they have had to put up with. However, this is probably not going to make new listeners out of people who know nothing about the group (i.e. Everyone)...."