Catfish

Name: Catfish
Director: Henry Joost
Released: 2010-01-01

2010 documentary film

FilmfilmQ2915039

Released: 2010
Director: Henry Joost
, Ariel Schulman
Producer: Andrew Jarecki
, Brett Ratner
Cast: Nev Schulman
, Henry Joost
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: documentary film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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Catfish is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. It involves a young man, Nev, being filmed by his brother and friend, co-directors Ariel and Henry, as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook. The film was a critical and commercial success. It led to an MTV reality TV series, Catfish: The TV Show. The film is credited with coining the term catfishing: a type of deceptive activity involving a person creating a fake social networking presence for nefarious purposes.

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Filming location: New York City
Title: Catfish
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 80%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 154 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Catfish”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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7.1/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Catfish”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Kijkwijzer rating: 9 content descriptor: Fear, Coarse language
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/catfish/Retrieved 2025-07-25
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