2025 · documentary · coming-of-age
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Directed by Skye Borgman1h 34m2025
Vulgar, taunting texts blow up the phones of a teen and her boyfriend. Who's sending them — and why? This twisty documentary reveals the shocking answer.
Our read: Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (2025) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded documentary · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured documentary / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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