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I've known about pete holmes for a good while. I first saw his youtube videos with frontpagefilms (accigone accent eliminating throat spray!) and I've been a fan ever since. I was excited to see he had a new show on HBO and I was not disappointed. You have to give the show a little time to develop but by the end of the second episode I was hooked. This will certainly be a show I recommend to all my friends.

I was not planning on watching this but I saw the high rating on imdb and considering how bad most movies with this gimmick are it peaked my interest that people actually like this one. I am very surprised at just how good this movie was. I went in with low expectations despite how well received it was but this movie really did it right.

First thing first, they managed to get the internet right, or atleast as right as you can expect a movie to get it. It featured mostly real websites and stayed within the limits of reality when it comes to his snooping around the internet for clues.

Secondly the pacing is pretty good too with a solid story that keeps you engaged and offers surprises throughout.

While not the best acted movie, the acting is certainly solid enough to get through the movie and they manage to make you care about the characters in a short amount of time.

Overall I'm pleasently surprised and the high rating is a combination of the solid story and that fact someone managed to finally pull off this concept correctly. It definitely earned a bonus point for its uniqueness and willingness to be something different.

As always, Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job. Aspects of the story were kind of cliche but the good pacing of the story and fantastic performance from Phoenix really brings things together. Works well as a character piece.

I think overall the movie deserves a 7 but I just can't help but give it an 8 because of Phoenix's incredible performance.