This is clickbait. Awful person being fed more attention that she deserves. What a waste of time. She wins in the end because she got all the attention she wanted.

My suspicion as to the truthfulness of Misha’s recounting of her experiences came early on when she claimed that the family who took her in did not like her and even hated her. I find such a claim to be unlikely and dubious, as it would not make sense for a family that hates her to take such an extraordinary risk to care for her and hide her. That family literally put their lives on the line to help her. Such a suspicious claim gave reason to listen to the remainder of her story with a fair degree of skepticism.

What starts as an intriguing premise for a documentary quickly turns into a run of the mill, predictable fare. The lack of the main protaganist also leaves a big hole in this movie.

A great detective story about a Holocaust survivor with a story that is unbelievable.

It's truly remarkable what one can convince themselves of, and it's repugnant what people will do to make a potentially huge chunka o' chizza. All of that is in play here. This impressive doc on the exploitation of a fake Holocaust survivor and the exploitation of actual Holocaust and war survivors for that big pay day (and the subsequent pay days from books sells, signings, tv/movie, etc.) is a compelling piece of work. There's a number of really repugnant people here,. But what else is old? Well done by all involved. 3.4 stars

A fascinating documentary, with many surprising twists, really well put together. It is about and around the Holocaust, which may trigger some.

I took the day off from work yesterday after a long weekend to just get some R&R and ultimately just went to the movies to watch this by myself. It was a perfect escape, what the movies are all about during a challenging era, and I just left smiling. The premise only had to make minimal sense for the film to work--all of the scenes were suspenseful and highly entertaining-- for me it was Emily Blunt and The Rock that carried the movie and made me laugh. No guilt about that popcorn I killed either.

SPOILER ALERT: Yes, this is a solid documentary about an extraordinary hoax. But what made me look it up even further was because of the wrap-up text at the end... that even with Misha totally busted, the judgment against her first publisher was only partially reversed. While I've not yet found out why that occurred, what I did discover was the Wikipedia entry for this story, which revealed facts that were even more interesting than what was in the film. For example, there were plenty of people who found Misha's tale suspect from the outset, and in the film we do meet one of them at the end. She is by far the most interesting person in the movie, and via Wikipedia, we learn there were even more like her and they all WARNED the first publisher not to publish it. Wikipedia also tells us that even the book's co-writer warned the publisher that the tale was most likely a fake. And yet all of this was omitted from the documentary. Wow. For me, that's where the real story lies in "Misha and the Wolves," as at its core is a morality tale about greed. Not only is Misha a villain for lying, but so are all those who brought her story to the world, even tho they had grave concerns about its veracity. Why is this bad? Because every dishonest Holocaust story diminishes the horror of the true ones. That's pretty unforgivable. But hey...they all still made money with this Netflix film. It's the hoax that just keeps on giving. But that takeaway didn't come from the film. It came from a damn Wikipedia entry. Read for yourself and see what I mean: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha:_A_M%C3%A9moire_of_the_Holocaust_Years.

Loved the movie. Hated the miserable, bitter old ladies who went after Misha in the end.

This documentary persecutes a woman who's parents were murdered by Nazis. The trailer gives the impression that this was an extraordinary story with surprising twists and turns. From the beginning, you know that the woman who claimed to be raised by wolves is lying. In fact, it's hard to believe that people actually believed her. Then when they find out she's lying, the "surprising turn" is that her parents were still killed by the Nazi's, not because they were Jewish (they weren't) like she claimed, but because they were resistance fighters. Her father was considered a traitor after the war, for giving up names under torture; consequently the woman in this story grew up being called the "traitor's daughter." So, she grew up under Nazi occupation during a World war, her parents are murdered, she's bullied and who knows what else. She made-up a story that was, in my opinion, clearly far fetched and profited from it. It doesn't really feel like she did anything so terribly wrong. Personally, I cut her slack based on her childhood. She was wrong to lie, but people were stupid to believe her, and she had a rough start in life. The way the documentary presents the story lack intrigue.

It's a bonkers story that would have been a pretty incredible without the lies. There's not a lot to knock, but a twist that some may figure out early, involving one figure's participation in the film is a little bit distracting. It's never uninteresting, and pretty easy to follow for being as complicated as it is. If you're in the never-ending hunt for the truth, this should be right up your alley! If you're familiar with Misha's story, you may not enjoy this as much as someone like me, who was in the fog about this until about 90 minutes ago! A really well-made documentary. Final Score: 8/10

Holocaust Tarzan A documentary on Netflix about the Misha who walked through the woods escaping the Holocaust at 7 years old to Germany to find her parents. Or that was what I initially thought. Actually, this was a crime documentary. The Holocaust story was only briefly told, and the movie focused more on the validity of the story. This movie could have been very interesting and intense. However, for some reason, it felt like moving very fast and an oversimplification with many detailed being omitted. At the end I still have more questions about the full story. Clearly there were things that should have been explored deeper. However, even worse, they included a side story about one of the gynecologist, although sad, that contributed nothing to the overall story. Overall, a potentially interesting story that was told incompetently. 3.5/10

Fascinating, in that kind of revolting, captivating way...like watching a train wreck. You're at once sympathetic and disgusted by Misha DeFonseca, but either way, her story, and the story of how her story was revealed to the world, unfolds like peeling an onion. You want to believe that her fabrication was real, because it elicits a feeling of admiration, of cheering for the underdog who survives under extraordinary circumstances. And yet, her true story is also quite extraordinary, and would have deserved sympathy in its own right...if only she hadn't abused and dishonored the memory of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. The interviews in this film are compelling. The way the plot follows a path, but weaves in and out between the past and the present narrative, all the while moving the story forward, becomes gripping and suspenseful. You find yourself hoping that the story won't reveal itself the way it does, even though you have a sinking feeling that that is exactly where it's going. Though I was disgusted by the actions, deceptions and greed of the main character and do not forgive her taking advantage of the Jewish Holocaust story, she was also, in her way, a victim of the Holocaust. I reluctantly find myself having some twinges of sympathy for an innocent little girl who suffered unfairly because of who her parents were, and who managed to create an alternate life story as a psychological defense against the ugliness of the truth. And yet...