Movies :: Catfish (2011) :: by Henry Joost And Ariel Shulman
ID 103: 2011-02-28 06:53:19 - Documentry avi
But the object of the film’s patronizing, pitying gaze is also the person who saves it: Angela, a woman whose life is, at first glance, a web of self-delusions, compulsive deceptions and plain desperation. Her whispery, sincere, wide-eyed lies and evasions were met, at the crowded screening I attended, with derisive laughter punctuated by gasps of horror. Plain-looking and soft-spoken, she seemed to be either a clown or a monster.
External Link: NY Times review
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