The Tinder Swindler

"Modern love is a dangerous game."

2022 1h 54m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 1,159

DocumentaryCrime

Synopsis

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Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.

“Modern love is a dangerous game.”

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Cast

Shimon Yehuda Hayut
Self (archive footage)
Cecilie Fjellhøy
Self
Pernilla Sjöholm
Self
Ayleen Charlotte
Self
Kristoffer Kumar
Self
Erlend Ofte Arntsen
Self
Natalie Remøe Hansen
Self

Credits

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Director: Felicity Morris
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Felicity Morris, shot by Edgar Dubrovsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jessica Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Julian Hart shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shimon Yehuda Hayut and Cecilie Fjellhøy and Pernilla Sjöholm carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Modern love is a dangerous game.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14992922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Felicity Morris directs. Edgar Dubrovsky behind the camera. Jessica Jones scores. Julian Hart cuts. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Directed by Felicity Morris, shot by Edgar Dubrovsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jessica Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julian Hart shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Shimon Yehuda Hayut and Cecilie Fjellhøy and Pernilla Sjöholm carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Modern love is a dangerous game.".
8IMDB entry: tt14992922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "con man", "fraud", "dating", "con".

The technical file

Cinematography: Edgar Dubrovsky
Original score: Jessica Jones
Editing: Julian Hart
Sound: Chad Orororo
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Tinder Swindler (2022)

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rsanek2022-10-07
★ 6/10
What a wild story. Whenever I see a film with this kind of subject matter, there's always a certain amount of lack of understanding about what kind of person could do such a thing. Kind of crazy that even after the women went to a competent "biggest in Norway" newspaper, the photographers had such bad ops abilities that our Swindler noticed them right away.
totallyfiend2025-10-04
★ 9/10
I was one of those who wondered, how on earth do people still get scammed by these con artists of dating scene; but the insane lengths these criminals go through to get money completely caught me off-guard. A detailed story told by a swindler's victims, and technically the criminal himself, with the absolutely harrowing voice messages he sent. Despite the length of nearly two hours, I was engaged and invested all the way. I felt the sadness, frustration and fear of these women. This documentary is doing a favor to everyone, who might benefit from knowing one of the patterns these scammers use, and everyone, who is unable to see this problem existing in the first place. This is a really well put together documentary. One thing that had me suspicious about it was the title of it. I really didn't believe this was going to be good based on that alone, but I was happy to be proven wrong. The ladies of this film have been able to pay off their debts with the help of a GoFundMe -campaign. The con artist has been arrested (at the time of this review).