Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable

If you're angry at being fooled, you have only yourself to be angry at for being a fool.

The movie looks great, the first part is completely believeable and has some great characters, but it fails to hold water (hardy-har) until the end. The last third of the film drags on and there's not any huge climax. Even though the story line pitters out towards the end, it's still worth watching.

OK first calm down here those who yell fraud. I watched this and totally bought into the premise that this was a real documentary. When I found out it wasn't I still enjoyed the fact that I was duped and want to watch again to pick up on the clues I missed. I love me a good mockumentary!

Real, fake -- I couldn't care less. I loved it! So MAGICAL :-D

I'll give kudos to the actual film crew for a cinematically beautiful piece of fiction, but anyone promoting this as a documentary should be sued for false advertising. While I'll admit that most of the actual sculptures are lovely pieces of art, the artist failed miserably to capture historical accuracy in the styles he attempted to replicate. The medusa head genuinely gave me the impression Harry Hamlin had just dropped it. If you like mockumentaries with good production quality, you might enjoy giving up an hour and twenty minutes of your life to this flick. Otherwise, don't waste your time.

Like others, I assumed this was a factual documentary up to the end. (However, I follow a lot of science and history news, and was confused how I had never heard about this before). Not only that, but there were several instances where I was convinced (during the first half) that this was a docu-drama. There are a few things Hirst mentions about history which gives the film some support. History is highly subjective and "written by the winners," as the phrase goes. I do not view this film as a test of gullibility, but rather, as a way for people to consider that the truths of history, in the end, are almost always skewed due to subjectivity. Some of the artwork is stunning, but it gets out of hand. Although, knowing this is not real, I will have a hard time recommending it to others, especially people who are not familiar with Hirst's work. I barely knew about him from a previous documentary I saw covering his artwork.