'' Time '' magazine did a full-page article , written by Mary Pols in a September 2010 issue , saying " as you watch '' Catfish '' , squirming in anticipation of the trouble that must lie ahead ― why else would '' this '' be a movie ? ― you 're likely to think this is the real face of social networking . " At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival , Alison Willmore of IFC described it as a " sad , unusual love story . " John DeFore of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' called '' Catfish '' " jaw-dropping " and " crowd-pleasing " but said that it " will require clever marketing in order to preserve the surprises at its core . " Kyle Buchanan of '' Movieline '' asked if " easily the most buzzed-about documentary " at Sundance had " a truth problem " , and reported that an audience member questioned whether it was a documentary at all . Roger Ebert of the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' referred to these questions as a " severe cross-examination " and states that " everyone in the film is exactly as the film portrays them . " '' Total Film '' described the film as : " Funny , unsettling and thoroughly engrossing ... the end result is a compulsive , propulsive study of relationships virtual and real "
2010 Sundance Film Festival
2010 Sundance Film Festival
Catfish (film)