And so on. This is what you'll be saying (and what the interview subjects should have been saying years before) when you watch this amazing documentary.
My friend Rockefeller tells the amazing story of Christian Gerhartsreiter. Every one has had a friend, family member or acquaintance that is obviously full of shit. The weird thing is once and a while you meet one of these characters that is obviously full of shit but slowly worms their way in and you might even start to believe them on face, then years later it becomes apparent that your first impression was true and you feel like an idiot. Well folks, prepare to feel like less of an idiot in comparison when you see the poor bastards caught up in Christian Gershartsreiter's (damn, that's a mouthful) lies. The subject of this documentary makes a lot of people look like fools and it's fun to watch....well, up until you see one of this bastards poor ex wives.... or until they remind you of the murders....
I don't want to hop into too much detail but Basically My Friend Rockefeller tells the crazy, crazy story of how one German immigrant posses as everything from an English aristocrat to American royalty and fools a slew of people along the way. And the movie is surprisingly fun most of the time, even a large chunk of the people he fooled seem amused. Generally I would describe the people he tricked as victims but it's hard to do when most of them are laughing. The poor people it's not hard to describe as victims, would be those that married this bastard under false pretense or even worse, those he murdered. I found myself a little bewildered while viewing this movie because at points you catch yourself almost rooting for Christian Gerhartsreitetrsadgffsiohdgfsdfgpoih...niner, uh sorry I trailed of there, as a type of prankster and are amazed at all he pulled off. then you remember he is a life ruining bastard and murderer. Its strange how this movie seems to be two totally different stories at time and I really feel like maybe the film maker owed it to those harmed by this asshole to spend a little more time on the darker actions of Gerhartsreiter. Obviously it's more pleasant to hear about rich socialites fooled into sharing their country club with a fraud but come on... people died!
My personal thoughts aside you owe it to yourself to see this movie, it's engaging some times funny, sometimes horrifying but always fascinating
It' s available on netflix and any fan of documentaries will be talking about this at the watercooler the next day.
My Friend Rockefeller get's 10 solid inches of pinocchio's nose!
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