The Imposter

"The Imposter" is a documentary about a foreign man, tricking a Texan family into believing that he is their missing relative.

As soon as I read the description of this film, it jumped to the top of my watchlist, I needed to see this and its execution, it is too intriguing for me to resist, and now that I finished watching it, I have to say...I am slightly disappointed.

I don't want to give away anymore of the plot than I already have, because I believe that the best way to see this is by going in completely blind, but just in case you're doubtful, this is based on an actual true story, this is a prime example of the truth being stranger than fiction, it's really mind-boggling.

The intensity and mystery keeps getting built throughout the documentary and a sense of eeriness exists for its entirety, and it remains after so as well, mainly due to witnessing a real psychopath walking us through everything. There are some re-enactments scenes of the events and fortunately, they don't feel cheap or forced.

Despite a running time of 99 minutes, this film unnecessarily slows down at certain points, which is quite annoying, and I also have a hard time believing the authenticity of one specific footage, there are other minor issues that I have with the movie, but discussing them would be crossing spoilers territory.

Even though I only have a few nitpicks, I still found myself disappointed at the wasted potential of making a masterpiece, I think this would of been much better had it been a fictionalised character study of the crazy protagonist, who is by far the best part of this feature. Regardless, this is a visually beautiful documentary, with quite an interesting story to tell, and hidden tricks up its sleeve.

"The Imposter" is the equivalent of a mind distorter, it is an irresistible experience that I highly recommend you have. This is a high Matinee.