Blu-ray Movie Reviews

In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. 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 story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.

This film was shot as a documentary with lower budget HD cameras. So compared to most full cinema productions, this one looks pretty low rent. Detail is still quite good though with brighter scenes looking like they should. There is a mix of camera types being used so as the film progresses the video quality bounces back and forth, but given the nature of the film there is nothing to really complain about. The soundtrack is largely the same. Most of it is just dialogue captured with the mic that is part of the camera in use or even captures from cell phone calls. Again, given the nature of the film it is hardly worth judging or complaining about.

Extras include a look at the filmmakers and the production. You also get access to some BD-Live stuff from Universal and pocketBLU capability.

It is scary to think how many people have been through something similar to this now that social networking has becoming so predominant. Sad really. If you are at all interested in the social networking scenes, this is definitely one to check out.