The Imposter

Shoham L

Brilliant how Layton enabled Bourdin to manipulate the audience as he did the family, following the officer's search for the boys body to accentuate Bourdin's ability to manipulate and coerce. It's easy for people to criticise the family, but how many people were expecting the officer to find a body? How many people were suspecting the family of his death?

The Cinema Doll

One of the best documentaries I have seen so far. Brilliant filmmaking showcasing an unbelievable story. The definition of truth is stranger than fiction.

J. O.

Masterful filmmaking. Truly haunting. The story is expertly handled, allowing the the mystery to unfold at its own pace, elegantly.

Ash

Edge-of-your-seat true-crime thriller with a very surprising ending.

Harry Rossi

Expertly made documentary. It's always lovely to see a stylistically fun and well shot documentary, as most follow very standard stylistic choices. And the recreations were well done! But yeah, this shit was disturbing as hell! The story is so absolutely unbelievable it honestly felt made up! And to tell the story through the perspective of the imposter himself was absolutely fascinating and chilling!

Landen Celano

Expert storytelling that manipulates the truth only enough to authenticate its material. Immensely compelling.

Marcus Killerby

"Why would you take in a stranger, a stranger from another country, from Spain who speaks with a French accent. This had to be Nicholas Barclay" - I love this piece of reasoning that Frederic exploited. BECAUSE all evidence is to the contrary, it simply must be him. An utterly bizarre and brilliant film that gets away with being incredibly manipulative mostly because it's main character is more manipulative.

Matthew_Lucas

Absolutely chilling documentary about a 23 year old French citizen who manages to assume the identity of a 16 year old boy from Texas who had gone missing 4 years prior, fooling even the boy's own mother. In the process, he finds himself embroiled in an even bigger mystery even he could not have foreseen. A truly gripping film about the human mind's capacity to believe what it wants to believe against all odds.