Hello!! I made a post yesterday asking for doc recommendations that follow a similar style. I had so many great ones to add to my watchlist! I had time today to watch a few and I just finished the Imposter. I feel like it’s one of the bigger docs in recent years that gets recommended for being so wild and shocking, but after finishing it I almost feel like I’m missing something? I get that the idea is to pull you in so many different directions and almost make you question yourself on everything.. but I didn’t necessarily feel that way? It’s truly a horrific and wild story, but I didn’t find the details towards the end absolutely shocking or anything, given what I’d just watched. I don’t know.
I’d love to hear what others think about it?
i can totally see where you’re coming from. it’s definitely got a wild premise, but sometimes the execution doesn’t hit the same for everyone. maybe it’s just that the hype set the bar too high? what other docs are you diving into next?
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Odd-Muffin8477Mar 25, 2026
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I agree with this as well! I feel like they kind of string you along emotionally a lot in the is documentary and that won't land well with everyone. I remember feeling pretty mind fcked after watching this.
Maybe this quote from the filmmaker on making the film and interacting with Bourdin might help explain why: "He invites sympathy. He has this childlike quality about him, and he can be very charming. And at other times he can be quite repellent, because he can be remorseless and you're reminded about what he did. So as a filmmaker, I was asking: how can I find a way of getting the audience to experience a bit of that?"
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