The Imposter

Lonestar Beer : The National Beer of Texas! The sad thing is that many people in this state would actually be very happy if Texas was allowed to secede from the rest of the U.S. and was it's own country. But seeing as how we have to celebrate Juneteenth, the fact that our great state was forced to tell it's slaves 3 years after the fact that they were freed, this would be an awful idea. As a matter of fact I am sure that if Texas was allowed to be independent that slavery would still be legal here.Austin would be the new Canada for slaves to escape to through the new underground railroad. The Ghetto Boys and Mike Jooooones would been the modern day Sojourner Truth and Bushwick Bill would be giving "Can You Dig It" speeches in the 5th Ward!

Don't get me wrong, I love Texas but it's full of backwards hicks that think that the Katrina evacuees don't want to leave Houston and go back home because it's just a nicer ghetto than what they left. Ok, so they might have gotten that one right but on everything else they are as wrong as going deer hunting for a first date. Yes I know a few people that have done this.

The point is, the latest documentary The Imposter shows you yet another scary side of Texas. It starts off by playing a 9-11 call of a couple who says they have a found a young boy in the streets of Spain who has no I.D., is alone, and will not talk. This is 3 years after the disappearance of a 13 year old boy from San Antonio whose family has all but given up on him being alive and just want to know what happened to him at this point. Normally there would be no connection between the two but the family get's word that the boy claims to be their son who was kidnapped 3 years ago and now it appears that their prayers have been answered. Well you soon learn that the "boy" they found is a professional con artist Frederic Bourdin who is actually 25 years old, speaks with a French accent, and really just looking for a new start in life.

While he does share some physical similarities with their son, anyone who has the least amount of common sense would know that this kid is not their son. I mean, he speaks with a French accent!!! But he is able to fool the authorities by not speaking much and blaming his physical changes to the fact that he was sexually molested and beaten for years and that he and the other kids were punished for speaking in their native tongues. This coupled with the fact that the family seemed so adamant about the fact that this was indeed their son/sibling they released Frederic into their custody.

Pretty ho hum, standard documentary to this point until the FBI decides to interview him. Within minutes they realize that he is not who he claims he is and informs the family of this. They tell them not to show up to the airport as they are basically bringing him back to San Antonio to detain him while they continue to investigation but lo and behold guess who is there to greet him and take him back in?

Are they really that desperate to believe that Frederic is their lost relative or are they trying to hide something? This is where the weirdness kicks up a level and you start to get freaked out and completely drawn into the story. I wont ruin the rest of the doc for you but just know that I left the theater pricing the next flight out of this state! I would rate this movie as definitely FRESH and suggest that you pop in.