Jay Roberts (MiturBinesderti) I really don't think it's a spoiler to tell you this is a fake documentary; it's painfully obvious in the very first lines of the horribly acted script.This movie reminds me of people like Kim Wayans, people who can't sing but thinks they can so they do parodies of actual artists. These people are unable to create original content themselves so attempt to do satirical humor but they just aren't funny. That perfectly describes the creators of this abysmal mess.Skip this and go watch a good mockumentary like 'Best of Show' or the hilarious classic 'Waiting for Guffman.'

JeniferFingerfoods I think this move is terribly smart and actually it is very brave. A documentary about how fake "reality" is... So is this movie real? Is it fake? I believe that's the point. Utterly clever. And if Kevin Blatt is made up, then whoever created that character should either win an Oscar or be place in an insane asylum. He is unbelievable, in a good, entertaining and disgusting way. After watching the movie, we listened to much of the DVD commentary and it is fascinating... Yes, the directors set much of the events in motion but let it play itself out -- and they admit to the fact that they bent and twisted some of the scenes. Everyone knows Michael Moore does it, he's been sued over it, but has he ever admitted it? I did read a review that called the movie a Blair Witch type of film. American Cannibal is too clever. However i wonder if this calling into question and shining the light on truth in documentaries or truth in reality shows? Maybe both. I really don't know but fantastic.

Susan Jackson Helllllooooo Reality TV Fans! Now is the time to transfer your interest to a reality TV documentary that explores absolutely nothing! That's right, American Cannibal is an ninety- something minute film that chases its tail in hopes of actually revealing something about human obsession, but only achieves to reveal something about how the directors relied too much on someone else's opinion to create a story that never comes through. The craft of the film is so poor that the audience has to tread through forty minutes of muck before getting to what the story could have been. And when we arrive to the story, it's barely introduced and buried somewhere in footage left on the cutting-room floor. Yeap, there's a story in there somewhere, but certainly not in the film. I sincerely applaud the filmmakers for attempting to find the story and sticking with what was obviously difficult circumstances. And it's incredible to see some of the footage they captured, but the story is so poorly constructed that one wonders why they spent so many year filming this event instead of organizing a structured story. As the film currently stands, it nothing more than spectacle.

Robert Leigh I saw the film at Tribeca on recommendation of a friend. Good recommendation! I love the documentary space, and like many I'm sure often find truth stranger than fiction.The film documents the journey of two writers in their effort to find work and to bring their ideas to the big (or little) screen. The documentary changes directions multiple times - it seems impossible to imagine that the filmmakers could have ever guessed the path these writers might take, or how it would unfold. A dynamic pitching duo, the two find opportunity in the interest of one Kevin Blatt, a porn promoter. Blatt becomes interested in one of their ideas, a rather off-color, semi-sexual reality TV show. In a quick twist of fate, his interest moves focus to another idea - one the writers had pitched maybe more as a joke. It is so radical in form and function (or even unimaginable), the writers are a bit taken back themselves, not sure they even WANT to pursue such an endeavor.But it is work - and it is provocative work. And so the production ramps up, gets funded, and begins to form. A cast of colorful characters are involved: Kevin Blatt, with his impossible-to-deny underworld charisma, Gil and Dave, the writers, with their own emotional charged, thoughtful, excited, exhausted personalities. The segment producer of the pilot, Myles, a memorable and somewhat robust, verbose, and off-the-wall existence (maybe typical for segment producers), George Gray, well-known for his work on the weakest link, being his standard high energy reality TV show host self; Neil DeGroot, acting as director of the pilot, traveling along his own emotional roller-coaster alongside the production; and finally, the cast of characters - those who audition for the show and those who are chosen - who run the gamut for Survivor-esquire reality TV contestants, and are wild and wacky and motivated and willing to do ANYTHING to get on TV.What transpires within this melting pot of characters, set within the context of a reality TV pilot that is so unbelievable it will make you do a triple-take, is, at minimum, entertaining, interesting. But I guess what makes this doc rank highly for me is that it is IMPORTANT. Seeing producer after producer comment on the nature of reality TV, and then watching this pilot go from idea on a napkin to production on a faraway island - poses vivid questions concerning how far popular culture has come, and to what point reality TV (being a symptom of popular culture?) has arrived - and to what point it may go still in the future.I highly recommend the film. It is well-executed, and certainly full of comedy, and so is entertaining on its own. But you may find yourself leaving the theater thinking long and hard too. Making you laugh and think at the same time is kinda hard, and this doc definitely does both.