Synopsis
In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
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Cast
- Frédéric BourdinHimself
- Adam O'BrianFrédéric Bourdin
- Anna RubenCarey Gibson
- Cathy DresbachNancy Fisher
- Alan TeichmanCharlie Parker
- Ivan VillanuevaSocial Worker
- María Jesús HoyosJudge
- Ken AppledornVice Consul
- Mary TwalaGranny
- Seipati MotshwaneRethabile
Recommendations
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Entertainment Weekly
The documentary equivalent of a page-turner. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A mesmerizing psychological thriller bulging with twists, turns, nasty insinuations and shocking revelations that might have leapt from the pages of a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Imposter is all the more astonishing because it actually happened. - 88
New York Post
Despite a bunch of fourth-wall-breaking re-enactments, the look is consistent with most TV true-crime stories. But the way Layton parcels out information makes this story as strange and fascinating as anyone could desire. - 83
The A.V. Club
The Imposter strings the audience along, to get them to understand first-hand how easy it is to buy into a well-told story, even when there's no evidence to support it. - 80
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. - 80
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 - shifting between intimacy and criminality - than a whole shelf of fiction films. - 80
The New York Times
One of the most entertaining documentaries to appear since "Exit Through the Gift Shop," a film similarly obsessed with role playing and deception. - 75
Rolling Stone
A movie that offers hard speculation and harder truths. You won't be able to get it out of your head.
