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Journalist David Farrier (Tickled) is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious individual. Delving deeper he unearths a trail of court cases, royal bloodlines and ruined lives, i... Read allJournalist David Farrier (Tickled) is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious individual. Delving deeper he unearths a trail of court cases, royal bloodlines and ruined lives, in this true story of psychological warfare.Journalist David Farrier (Tickled) is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious individual. Delving deeper he unearths a trail of court cases, royal bloodlines and ruined lives, in this true story of psychological warfare.
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Holy crap, I went into this the same way I went into David Farrier's other documentary Tickled...without knowing much at all about it. And I was again in awe by the end of it.
In parts I was cackling so hard (the whole cinema was). In other parts I gasped so loudly. In others I felt dread. I felt scared, sad, bewilderment. Basically anything and everything you can feel.
The subject of this documentary is just plain impossible to explain. We saw David trying to explain him and he couldn't either. But he's narcissistic, manipulative and downright strange. He's also the most boring hilarious person in the world. All of this combined made for a very interesting story with lots of little twists and turns.
I don't know how David finds these people but he manages to make the most insightful documentaries while putting himself in danger, and I commend him for that!
I can't wait for his next movie!
In parts I was cackling so hard (the whole cinema was). In other parts I gasped so loudly. In others I felt dread. I felt scared, sad, bewilderment. Basically anything and everything you can feel.
The subject of this documentary is just plain impossible to explain. We saw David trying to explain him and he couldn't either. But he's narcissistic, manipulative and downright strange. He's also the most boring hilarious person in the world. All of this combined made for a very interesting story with lots of little twists and turns.
I don't know how David finds these people but he manages to make the most insightful documentaries while putting himself in danger, and I commend him for that!
I can't wait for his next movie!
The more I went down the rabbit hole the more interesting it got. Extremely well put together documentary about a wheel clamper but as the intro says, there's much more to this story than meets the eye. The story is intriguing and plays out much like a good whodunnit. I hear there's another documentary out by this same producer so I am going to have to source it after watching this one. Thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish. Full of twists and turns and wtf's? Almost a comedy but for the dark side of the whole story. Keeps the viewer wanting more. Highly recommend this to any armchair sleuths out there and even if you're not I think you will still enjoy it.
This guy is the antipodean Louis Theroux. He has a great knack of developing a story and making you want to join him on the journey. I love documentaries and came across "Tickled" and loved his style of production. That first documentary was weird and intriguing and there was a taster of this one at the end but it went out of my mind for a while because it wasn't going to be released for a while. So I came across it recently while looking for a documentary to watch and again was not disappointed. I hope he goes on to produce plenty more of this type of this in the future because - like Theroux - he has found a formula that works.
If someone hasn't ran into someone like this they will never ever understand this documentary. People that have ran into these types with personality disorders will get it. I have never wrote a review I just wanted to let people know what's up about this film.
So the best way of putting this are men like Michael are also known as con artists, and unfortunately that is the best way of describing him. I doubt we will know much about his family history unless he does something very bad and gets out behind bars. Then they might be able explain it if that happens. Maybe there will be a part two. That would be very interesting to say the least.
People like Michael confuse people on purpose to make themselves feel more lifting up.
Once you have seen this personally you will never unsee it by doing tons of research. FYI.
So the best way of putting this are men like Michael are also known as con artists, and unfortunately that is the best way of describing him. I doubt we will know much about his family history unless he does something very bad and gets out behind bars. Then they might be able explain it if that happens. Maybe there will be a part two. That would be very interesting to say the least.
People like Michael confuse people on purpose to make themselves feel more lifting up.
Once you have seen this personally you will never unsee it by doing tons of research. FYI.
Now here's a curious proposition, as the hunter becomes hunted and put in awkward position, in pursuit of an oddball, he's then setup to take a fall, although it's not the most engaging documentary supposition. Perhaps the maker has ambition to become Kiwi Theroux, perhaps there's little going on in far off land that live so few, but the editing is stilted, the story rather wilted, I guess if you were in his place it might make good debut. Sadly nothing is presented that engages or connects, there are crazy folk in all corners that work with great effect, they control, manipulate - navigate as they predate, leaving damage, decay, destruction and misery in their wake.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,088
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,934
- Oct 8, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $314,489
- Runtime
- 1h 36m(96 min)
- Color
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