User Reviews

Really interesting but it was on a documentary channel and I had this nagging feeling through the first hour it was all fake. If I'd known before hand or it was on a different channel is have rated it higher. Good idea and nothing to say this couldn't happen in the future but disappointed it wasn't highlighted at the start as a movie not a documentary as you'd expect on a documentary channel.

First I want to say "Cannibal in the Jungle" makes a great movie. But why the confusion? When you watch it, they make it look like a documentary, however, I saw so many red flags in the acting and what they say went on. Who on this planet would have a film in there possession for over 30 years that belonged to her brother that was accused of such a crime and not WATCH it? Come on! He was portrayed as a GOOD guy so come on! Get real! Then at the end you get to read that he died in that prison before anyone would do a damn thing. The whole story made me mad. Yes, makes a good movie but they do purposely make it LOOK real. Why? I love to watch documentaries, always have. Now they are mixing truth with fiction like "Mermaids body of evidence". Animal Planet used to be a great place to watch and LEARN about things, now, you just can't believe anything they put on that channel. O.K. I can't say that. Jeremy Wade is down to earth and shows you the river monsters he catches. I like him! Animal Planet better be thanking their lucky stars they found him! When you watch "River Monsters" you know your not getting lied to. Jeremy looks for the truth! And I respect that. Anyway, just stop trying to fool people, it's not right!

I came into this thinking that this movie (yes, I knew it was a movie coming in) was going to be just as bad as that Mermaids crap that Animal Planet released several years back. However, I was genuinely surprised at the quality of this film. It does have scientific background, as there was a species of little humans living in Indonesia up until about 10,000 years ago, however not enough to really classify it as a documentary.

The interviews were obviously fake, as it is with all docu-fictions, however the writers paid a good amount of attention to it's story. I actually felt for the characters, unlike with other animal planet docu-fictions. They made me like the characters, not just look at them indifferently like in Mermaids: The Body Found. Overall, I would highly recommend this film to anyone.

Well my opinion of Animal Planet is pretty low. I want a documentary channel mostly about animals. What I get is a channel full of reality shows about idiots. So a fake documentary - I guess I would expect it. But they don't say it's fake, and say it's 'science' etc. If I could I would take if off my lineup. Nothing about this is real, except some reality about a species discovered that were nicknamed hobbits (though even that is controversial on many levels).

My sister was fooled, as was my dad (who was told it was real by my sis). I watched and was not fooled - the interviews were just wrong - too perfect, and they just felt acted. Then old home movies came up and they looked like ones made for MTV - to look old. Also and Indonesian official with an Indian accent (perhaps, but not that likely - and he was too perfect in his dialogue too). Strangely I did not see glaring errors in the science behind some of the show, which usually I catch right away (but I see these in documentaries too). But after I realized it was all fake I think I turned off my scrutiny glasses.