IMDb plot summary: Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online, then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
Directed by Felicity Morris.
The Tinder Swindler is a documentary following two specific woman who were scammed by the same man on Tinder. He built a relationship with them and then swindled them out of thousands of dollars before they found out and decide to take him down so he couldn't do it to anyone else again. It's a simple documentary, consisting mostly of interviews with these women, supplemented with chat logs, pictures, and occasional voice messages to help paint the story. Despite its simplicity, it is interesting because the subject is interesting, and the unresolved ending actually works really well from a narrative standpoint. It centers it as an ongoing concern for women in the dating world. Like a lot of documentaries, I struggle to evaluate it on a technical standpoint -- that portion is competent but not exciting. But it's probably worth a watch, especially if you have any interest in non-murder-y true crime stories.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Tinder Swindler < Deconstructing Harry
The Tinder Swindler > Asterix and Cleopatra
The Tinder Swindler > Con Air
The Tinder Swindler > Jimmy the Kid
The Tinder Swindler > The Savages
The Tinder Swindler < Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Tinder Swindler < Kate
The Tinder Swindler < The Lighthouse
The Tinder Swindler < Last Holiday
The Tinder Swindler > Finding Forrester
The Tinder Swindler > Chocolat
The Tinder Swindler > Molly's Game
Final spot: #1909 out of 3606, or 47%.
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