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May 30, 2018 · Catfish - Documentary 2010 [FULL HD] In 2010 Catfish, a documentary film called by Nev Schulman, became all the rage because of it’s skillful presentation of Nev’s journey to find the woman...
Sep 16, 2010 · Watch Catfish (2010) online. The story of the love and deception experienced by Nev Schulman, a New York photographer, as he embarks on a relationship with a young woman on the social networking site Facebook.
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Oct 1, 2010 · 5 Videos. 42 Photos. Documentary Drama Mystery. Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries. Directors. Henry Joost. Ariel Schulman. Stars. Nev Schulman.
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- Documentary, Drama, Mystery
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- 2010-10-01
Aug 5, 2010 · They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting ...
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Young photographer Nev Schulman lives with his brother Ariel in New York City. Abby Pierce, an 8-year-old child prodigy artist in rural Ishpeming, Michigan, sends Nev a painting of one of his photos. They become Facebook friends, which broadens to include Abby's family, including her mother Angela (Wesselman); Angela's husband Vince; and Abby's att...
In the film, Vince, the husband of the "catfish", relays a story of how, when live cod were shipped to Asia from North America, the fish's inactivity in their tanks resulted in only mushy flesh reaching the destination. However, fishermen found that putting catfishin the tanks with the cod kept them active, and thus ensured the quality of the fish....
To portray Megan and her family, Angela used pictures that Gonzales had posted on Facebook. The documentary's filmmakers compensated Gonzales for her involuntary appearance in Catfish, and she participated in publicity for the film.
Following the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, a Q&A session was abruptly ended, when an audience member suggested that Catfish may actually be a "faux-documentary". Ariel Schulman dismissed this opinion with the reply, "Oh, so you're saying that my brother is the best actor in the world? Let's hear it for my brother! The next Marlon ...
The film had a limited release on September 17, 2010. The Rogue Pictures unit of Relativity Media acquired Catfish in a bidding war with Paramount Pictures, after Brett Ratner endorsed the film. Catfishwas released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 4, 2011.
The Schulmans teamed up with MTV to produce a reality television series similar to the idea of the documentary but which focuses on the lives of others who have been entangled in an online relationship with another person.It premiered on November 12, 2012.
The film was well received by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 80% based on 154 reviews. The site's consensus being "Catfish may tread the line between real-life drama and crass exploitation a little too unsteadily for some viewers' tastes, but its timely premise and tightly wound mystery make for a gripping documentary". On...
The film has been the subject of two lawsuits concerning songs used in the film without being attributed to their creators. Relativity Media has concluded that, due to these lawsuits, the film will never be profitable.
Catfish at IMDbCatfish at Box Office MojoCatfish at Rotten TomatoesCatfish at MetacriticWhen Nev Shulman, a New York photographer, receives a Facebook request from a child named Abby, he cannot guess the unusual odyssey on which he will soon embark.
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PG-13 | Documentary, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Watch options. Catfish. A New York City photographer travels to rural Michigan to meet the woman of his dreams, once he's only known through the Internet.
