The Imposter - Recensioner

Layton has designed this film partly as a tall tale—with amusing fish-out-of-water anecdotes about Bourdin’s experiences posing as a Texas high-schooler—and partly as an intellectual exercise.

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

This film is as gripping as any white-knuckle thriller: it is one of the year's best.

...en yderst fængslende oplevelse. Og Frédéric Bourdin er glat som en ål, manipulerende og mærkeligt charmerende.

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

...Bart Layton scorer topkarakter for stilsikkerheden i filmens natteblå noir-univers og for hele den sindrigt konstruerede dramaturgi...