Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare

It’s an astonishing tale of deception.

Sweet Bobby does raise more questions than it answers, leaving you with the sense that you’re not getting the full picture.

This is a solid, sensitively made introduction to a jaw-dropping tale. But for the most part, it serves as a feature-length trailer for a much more comprehensive -- and much more compelling -- podcast.

Her ambition to raise awareness of what she’s gone through is admirable. It’s just a shame the documentary itself offers nothing new to say.

The story is, frankly, so crazy, the scheme so intricate and complex that hearing Kirat tell it plain would be riveting enough.

What makes “Sweet Bobby” compelling is not just the story itself but also the broader conversation it ignites about accountability in our digital lives. Assi's plea for recognition of the harm caused by online deception resonates deeply.

This is a compelling documentary about a woman's 10-year nightmare with a catfishing Facebook account.

I think the podcast tells a better version of Kirat’s story, although overall, there are just so many nuances and details to the entire saga that feel like they were left unexplored by both media.

As [Assi] begins to scale new peaks of implausibility you may begin to feel she really had whatever came next coming to her. But there is something affecting at seeing the digital noose tighten even further around her neck...

Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare gets the thrills and emotions right and makes us care for two people whom we have never met in real life.