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More than a decade after The Imposter first came out, Netflix subscribers are going wild over the true crime documentary, which recently released on the streaming platform.
Directed by Bart Layton, The Imposter (2012) tells the true story of French con artist Frédéric Bourdin, who tricked authorities as well as a grieving family into thinking he was their son, Nicholas Barclay, who had gone missing three years prior in 1994. He claimed that he was kidnapped and brought to Spain, where he was sex trafficked. While Bourdin had the same tattoos as the missing boy, he was significantly older, spoke with a French accent and had different colored hair and eyes — yet family members still accepted him as Barclay.
Eventually, it was discovered by a private investigator and an FBI agent that Bourdin was a fraud. Now, viewers are taking to Twitter to express their disbelief over the “bonkers” documentary, and how he was able to get away with his impersonation in the first place.
With renewed interest in the doc, social media has lit up with baffled reactions from users watching the movie for the very first time years after its release. One astounded viewer said it best, writing, “Watching #TheImposter on netflix like omg.”
Another asked, “How is ‘I washed your brain’ not trending on Twitter? #TheImposter is baffling but incredible in terms of intelligence used. Pre internet life hits different when you remember the world described in a historical period.”
“Watching #theimposter and I can understand his sister’s reaction in wanting to believe it’s him but all those officials didn’t ask about his eye color changing?” a third person added.
Another wrote, “Well this is bonkers,” while one more said, “Just when you think you can’t watch anything more crazy on Netflix. Watch #TheImposter.”
Yet another stumped user chimed in, “#theimposter has got to be the most asinine, outlandish sequence of events. At the end of it all the poor kid was never found and the truth most likely won’t ever come out.”
If Twitter convinced you to check out The Imposter, it’s easy to watch. The film is now streaming on Netflix.
