Constantly unsettling, but impossible to switch off once started, The Imposter is a slow burning, but intense documentary that looks into the case of Nicholas Barclay, who went missing in 1994, but was thought to have been found in 1997, unbeknownst to many that he was someone else entirely. The Imposter sets itself apart with the presentation of interviews with reenactments interspersed, both a fascinating and distracting stylistic approach. Still, the strength of the subject material is all so gripping, slowly evolving from simple stolen identity to conspiracy mystery. Specifically, the main subject (whose real name I won't reveal) is a fascinating person. Whether or not anything that he says is actually true, he is a very interesting individual. It's the kind of documentary that makes you question so called "facts".
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