So we learnt all about how Facebook was created thanks to The Social Network, but while all that hoo-hah was happening nobody was paying attention to what social networking can actually do. Luckily, reluctant star Nev Schulman and his Jewish film school friends walked into one of the biggest, most elaborate scams in recent Friend Request history – and naturally decided to document the whole thing. Brutally honest, DIY and heartbreaking cinema that is so oddly moving you’ll be talking about it for weeks, Catfish joins Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop as one of the more invigorating pieces of doco released in the last year.
