I do not understand how Angela could sleep at night being a duplicitous cheat and liar who felt totally fine being a sociopathic nutcase leading on Nev and creating an entire fantasy world. Her having a difficult home life is absolutely not an excuse. Nev was only 24 at the time, and I'm sure only relatively experienced at relationships. To inflict such hurt and pain on anyone should be against the law. Frankly, Angela should be happy Nev didn't sue her in a torts case, because he'd probably have excellent grounds from which to extract damages to his emotional well-being.
As someone who herself was the victim of numerous catfishes throughout my undergraduate career as a result of being too trusting and too naive on online/internet dating, I take sincere offense that Angela felt no remorse in lying ruthlessly and maliciously. Nev will probably have a hard time trusting future partners because of Angela's misdeeds, and I know this because I myself have experienced this result. Throughout college, I had several long-distance, penpal relationships with men I never met in person and with whom I never spoke to on the phone. I never thought anything was fishy because I was too young and inexperienced to know that you cannot be in a real relationship with someone you've never met in person and whose real name you do not know. Though friends had warned me to be careful in terms of the correspondences, I was hardheaded and felt I knew what I was doing--don't we all at 20--and thought I'd be able to navigate everything on my own. Lo and behold, one guy whom I felt was "the one" turned out to be a psycho stalker from high school who sought revenge on me, another guy deleted his account before I could hire a private investigator, and another guy stopped talking to me when I turned 22, because he felt any girl over 21 was "too old." I guess being lonely and stressed out from my pre-med curriculum led me to be so gullible and naive, but these guys had no reason to exploit my innocence by lying to my face and refusing to meet me in person, just like Nev didn't deserve what happened to him either. We were both complete victims in our situations.
Had I watched this movie the minute I graduated from high school, I would've known that there were psychotic people out there who create fake identities to lure and mislead their innocent victims, and maybe would've taken advantage of real-world dating sooner. This movie was a total eye-opener for me, and it made me realize how lucky I am that one of the guys (or girls?) with whom I corresponded didn't kill me in my sleep or rob me or anything. I really hope other young women (and men!) learn from my mistake and this movie and avoid talking to strangers on Facebook and/or other social media sites. There are some real psychos out there and I think it really helps impressionable young people to know that they're much better served by forcing themselves to be social to find a significant other instead of taking the easy road and trying to find romance online (or, in my case, exclusively online). Especially if a person is sheltered, like I was, it really, really is necessary for colleges and high schools to show this film so people are aware of the nasty underbelly of the Internet. I wouldn't wish being catfished on my worst enemy.
Again, fantastic film.
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