Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
- Self
- (as Yaniv 'Nev' Schulman)
- Self
- (as Ariel 'Rel' Schulman)
- Self
- (as Angela Wesselman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs of August 2011, the film has been hit with two lawsuits and, according to Catfish distributor Relativity Media, the film has an unrecouped balance of more than $8.5 million and will not likely ever become profitable. Both of these lawsuits have to do with songs used within the movie not being attributed to their creators.
- Quotes
Vince Pierce: They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They'd keep them in vats in the ship. By the time the codfish reached China, the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guy came up with the idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them and the catfish will keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh. And I thank God for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin.
- Crazy creditsThe opening logos are recorded off a computer (specifically a Mac). The Universal logo is shown as someone using Google Earth. The Relativity Media logo is shown as if it was an online video. The Rogue Pictures logo is shown as a desktop icon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Maltin on Movies: The Town (2010)
- SoundtracksGood Vibrations
Written by Mike Love & Brian Wilson
Performed by The Langley Schools Music Project
Published by Irving Music Inc.
Courtesy of Bar/None Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
- Toastinger
- Nov 4, 2011
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,237,343
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $257,285
- Sep 19, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $3,533,711
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1