SteinMo
What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
SanEat
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Derry Herrera
Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
lyndalu-45740
I was glued to my seat the entire time. Just when you think the story can't get any crazier, it does. The family is very "white trash" which may be part of the reason it didn't get media coverage. I highly recommend this documentary, very engrossing. As I watched, I kept thinking, "I can't believe that really happened".
LunaticFringe
--is the first that came to mind as I began writing this review, because it is the only word that is required. In fact, the very word "vapid" has more color and interest than this pointless movie. Yes, it's utterly POINTLESS. And that's not even hyperbole!This movie SO monumentally FAILED to live up to what I'd heard/read about it, that I was ANGRY by the time it was *finally* over. I'm a tough critic anyway, I know, but come ON. Some serious back- alley shenanigans involving critics' genitalia/star valves and the hands, mouths, and other assorted orifices of the producers/directors/actors/et al HAD to have occurred for this drivel to be so highly rated.I'd demand my money back, but I didn't pay to see it. Instead, I guess I'll just have to log into IMDb (which is rare) so I can vent my spleen.
Freddie Essam
13-year-old Nicholas was last seen playing basketball with his friends in San Antonio, Texas on June 13, 1994. He called his mother to pick him up, but she was asleep and Nicholas's older brother refused to wake her up. Nicholas never made it home and hasn't been seen since. In October of 1997, 3 years after Nicholas disappeared, authorities received a phone call from a young man in Linares, Spain, saying that a young boy had been found. This was apparently Nicolas. He managed to weave himself into the States by lying about this identity.This story is one of the most intriguing, captivating and horrific stories any family could possibly imagine. The film was directed perfectly by Bart Layton with the documentary styling to it, with interviews from the family themselves expressing their feelings at the time also to the present day. For those of you whom have never heard of the story at all, I would definitely recommend seeing The Imposter, it's mind blowing! I was never a massive fan of these documentary films until I saw Senna, which gave me a different idea. However The Imposter has changed my mind again, I would happily see plenty more of them as they can be fascinating. Especially with a storyline as powerful as this.
kosmasp
And part thriller also. Plus a bit of fiction or at least acting. I didn't research the film, just watched a bit of the documentary of the documentary on the disc I have, but it looks like this case really existed. Whatever the case, they had to cast someone for the "main role" obviously, who'd say the words that the real person had given the filmmakers in interviews.A really fascinating view and an amazing story (no matter how real it is). It kind of reminded me of this other "documentary" I watched and liked (Exit through the gift shop), though this seems to be genuine as I said. Watch and be amazed by it, either the thrilling part of it or the "funny" moments that occur.