1 hour 54 minutes.
Dramatic. Intimate. Jaw-dropping.
As much as I enjoy watching typical true-crime, it’s so refreshing to watch a new form of ‘injustice narrative’ documentary. In a change from many Netflix true-crime documentaries, The Tinder Swindler isn’t imploring you to question a criminal’s innocence, shining a light on a cold case, or simply being an 8 hour long series equivalent of a Wikipedia page on an already very well-known case. From the first few minutes of The Tinder Swindler, you know there is going to be a jaw drop moment coming. Still, when it came, it caught me by surprise. The story is almost unbelievable in itself, but this documentary directed by Felicity Morris manages to make it even more engaging, leading you through the twists and turns, making you feel so connected to those involved through intimate interviews in dark corners of restaurants. I am always happy to sit down and either hear ‘dating-gone-wrong’ stories, or stories of the unimaginably wealthy, and the The Tinder Swindler rolls this into one, in a very watchable 1hr and 54 minutes. So many documentaries have used social media moments to make the film engaging, going all the way back to Catfish. However, The Tinder Swindler does this in a fresher, more engaging and more natural way – playing on the relatable suspense of watching someone ‘typing’ on WhatsApp to build tension was genius in my opinion.
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