An American documentary involving a man being filmed by his brother and friend as he develops a relationship with a family on Facebook. The film received an 82% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Time magazine did a full page article in September 2010 saying "as you watch Catfish, squirming in anticipation of the trouble that must lie ahead―why else would this be a movie?―you're likely to think this is the real face of social networking." At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Alison Willmore of IFC described it as a "sad, unusual love story." At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Alison Willmore of IFC described it as a "sad, unusual love story."
The Metro described Cat Fish as a film entirely based on facebok and were very positive towards the film, calling it an "ultimately compassionate exploration of how social media has warped our sense of identity and ability to form human relationships".
The theory of performativity relates to this through Angela assuming the the persona of someone she aspires to be: a flirty, young, attractive woman. The internet enables her to 'become' this person and live out her fantasy role as it lets you pretend to be anyone you wish. The internet facilitates and encourages performativity
1. How has the Online Age revolutionised the film industry?
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