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The Imposter

2012

Bart Layton

Documentary

7.1

7,573

Documentary The story starts in june 1994 with the disturbing disappearance of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old boy from Texas. Three-and-a-half years later news of the case comes in: the boy has been found in Spain and claims to have survived the tortures of a group of enigmatic kidnappers. His family is delighted to have him home, but everything becomes even more bizarre once back in Texas. How can the Barclay's former blond kid now have dark hair? Who is this person? [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'The Imposter' is slippery, manipulative, unstable (...). It's also one of the most entertaining documentaries to appear since 'Exit Through the Gift Shop', a film similarly obsessed with role playing and deception"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"That old idiom about truth being stranger than fiction is an understatement when applied to Bart Layton's enthralling documentary"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"'The Imposter' makes slick work of its wily subject, using atmospheric reenactments and stark, soul-baring interviews to explore a mind-boggling case of false identity"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A movie that offers hard speculation and harder truths. You won't be able to get it out of your head (...) rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"This is a train wreck you think you see coming, but no matter how prepared you are the nature and extent of the damage will overwhelm you"	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Blessed with an improbable-but-true story that functions on many ironic levels, this clever documentary ultimately conveys more about the complex American character (...) than a whole shelf of fiction film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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