Documentary  •  2025  •  94 min  •  Adults (18+)

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (2025)

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish poster

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

A true-crime documentary directed by Skye Borgman, this film investigates a real Michigan cyberbullying case in which vulgar, anonymous texts targeted a teenage girl and her boyfriend. The twist at the center of the story involves the identity of the harasser and the family dynamics it upends. The Leans Traditional label reflects the film's grounding in conventional values by default: it documents real people from a small community, relies on standard law enforcement resolution through police and FBI work, and avoids any ideological framing or social critique. No LGBTQ, political, or progressive cultural signals appear. The story does expose a serious failure of parental trust, but the overall lens is observational rather than reformist.


Starring Cast

Lauryn Licari  •   Sophie Weber  •   Macy Johnston


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The documentary presents a straightforward account of a personal cyber-harassment case resolved through standard police and FBI procedures, with no framing of systemic social issues or ideological critique.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The documentary presents real participants from a Michigan community without any recasting or demographic alterations. Its focus remains strictly on the documented events of harassment and family dynamics, offering no examination or critique of traditional identities.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High

The documentary centers on a mother's sustained cyber-harassment of her own daughter and the daughter's boyfriend, exposing a profound violation of parental trust that fractures the nuclear family and leads the victim to rebuild primarily with her father.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the documentary.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

No transgender characters or themes appear in the documentary.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

No gender swaps occur. The documentary depicts real individuals from documented events in their actual genders, with no recast legacy characters or historical figures altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Skye Borgman’s documentary, granted extensive access to the real participants in the Beal City cyberbullying case, poses the central question of the anonymous harasser’s identity. No race swap occurs, as the film features the actual individuals involved rather than recasting any canonically established fictional or historical figures.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.7
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

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8.5
Metacritic logo
N/A

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