This creepy trailer for The Imposter will make you wish it wasn’t a documentary

By Alex Maidy

Posted 14 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

When it comes to documentaries, I feel that if it does not stick with you the way a fictional movie would then it did not do it’s job successfully. There are countless documentaries that haunt me to this day: MARJOE, PARADISE LOST, GRAY MATTER, THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY, TARNATION, and DEAR ZACHARY, just to name a few. THE IMPOSTER looks bound to join that list.

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Synopsis: A gripping thriller straight out of real life, THE IMPOSTER is an original film experience that walks the razor’s edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance–that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: the boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain, saying he survived a mind-boggling ordeal of kidnap and torture by shadowy captors. His family is ecstatic to have him back no matter how strange the circumstances–but things become far stranger once he returns to Texas. Though the family accepts him, suspicion surrounds the person who claims to be Nicholas. How could the Barclay’s blonde, blue-eyed son have returned with darker skin and eyes? How could his personality and even accent have changed so profoundly? Why does the family not seem to notice the glaring differences? And if this person who has arrived in Texas isn’t the Barclay’s missing child… who on earth is he?

I read about this story in Time magazine a few years ago and felt that weird pang in my stomach that you get when something truly disturbs you. When I saw that a film was being made, I hoped that it would be a documentary. What director Bart Layton has created seems to be a balanced mix of reenactment and interview footage. Plus, he snagged the actual imposter, Frédéric Bourdin, himself. This looks to be one hell of a movie.

Check out an exclusive clip from the film below.

THE IMPOSTER is currently playing in theaters.

Source: Apple Trailers

About the Author

Alex Maidy

TV Critic / Columnist

6,413 Articles Published Started writing in 2012

Favorite Movies: Being There, The Shining, The Royal Tenenbaums, Suspiria, Seven, North By read more Northwest, Citizen Kane, The Monster Squad, Begotten, Fight Club, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Army of Darkness, Children of Men, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Pi, Dumb and Dumber, The 400 Blows, Small Change, Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Moulin Rouge, Gangs of New York, Shallow Grave, The Rock, The Incredibles, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Gate, Prince of Darkness, Oldboy, The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Tree of Life, The Exorcist III, Midnight Special

Likes: To piss you off, unpopular opinions, the novels of Stephen King, read more obscure bands that even hipsters dont know, things that go boom, Reeses Pieces, Cate Blanchett, reading paper books, watching people falling down, a good jump scare, listening to a full album in one sitting, rooting for the underdog, red band trailers, rare steaks, cool beer labels, smooth whisky, properly proportioned image files, top ten lists, VHS tapes, and actually scary movies

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