Director Bart Layton pieces together a story you wouldn't believe if it wasn't true.

| Sep 19, 2018

More than anything it's Layton's storytelling acumen that impresses - the movie unfolds like a psychological thriller, and in the second half effects a chilling twist on its own inherent implausibility.

| Aug 30, 2017

In the annals of forged identity flicks, this is a towering Everest, dwarfing the deceivers in the likes of Catch Me If You Can and F for Fake.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2012

This is edge-of-your-seat stuff and the difficulty is in the telling of the tale. To give any of this film away is a crime. You simply have to see it for yourself.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 11, 2012

You may begin to wonder if you aren't being conned by the movie yourself.

| Aug 31, 2012

Incredibly well-made and with a story you won't forget, "The Imposter" is one of the better docs of the season.

| Original Score: 4.0/5.0 | Aug 24, 2012

The Imposter emerges as a brilliantly slippery film that demands brain-stretching consideration. Astonishing, indeed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2012

British director Bart Layton has only slightly fictionalised this extraordinary story for his documentary, which is told more as a thriller than a statement of hard fact.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2012

"The Imposter" is one of the best films of the year.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 24, 2012

When this film was over, I felt as if I had been holding my breath for 99 minutes. It is pure, delicious suspense.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 23, 2012

The mysteries stick with you. In 20 years time, someone will leap up and shout, "Eureka!"

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2012

Think of Clint Eastwood's Changeling and multiply by the power of reality.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2012

You couldn't make this stuff up - and no one would buy it as fiction. But as a documentary, it's a different matter.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2012

The year's most fascinating and frightening doc so far, The Imposter delves far beneath the hysterical tabloid headlines.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 20, 2012

It's both preposterous and horrific, and therein lies its powerful, disquieting charm.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 17, 2012

Beverly Dollarhide, Nicholas's mother, says of the period after her son's disappearance, "My main goal in life at that time was not to think." Apparently, the filmmakers have taken a cue from her.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 16, 2012

Layton's dazzling film is an exciting, edge-of-your-seat experience superior to any Hollywood mystery you're likely to see for a long time.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 16, 2012

"The Imposter" becomes more than just a missing-persons drama. It hints at something much darker: a real-life horror story, the full truth of which may never be known.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2012

This is one creepy mystery.

| Original Score: B | Aug 10, 2012

"The Imposter" initially seems to be a tutorial in identity theft, as well as a cautionary tale about the susceptibility of people who have lost a loved one. But that's not the half of it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2012