REVIEW - Cyberbullying Taken to the Next Level

Imagine finding out your biggest bully was not a classmate, but your own mom. That's the shocking reality at the heart of Netflix's new documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. What begins as a small-town story of cyberbullying quickly unravels into one of the most jaw-dropping betrayals imaginable. The film follows high schooler Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend Owen Mckenny as they are bombarded with dozens of anonymous text messages every day. At first, everyone assumes the culprit is another student, and even Lauryn's friend Khole Wilson gets dragged into into suspicion. But as the investigation deepens, the truth takes a horrifying turn: the message were coming from Lauryn's own mother, Kendra Licari. From there, the documentary dives into an emotional trainwreck. Showing the impact of the victims, the community, and the family itself. With real logs, raw interviews, and body-cam footage of Kendra's arrest, Unknown Number feels more like a psychological thriller than a true story. At its core, the film is not just about cyberbullying itd about hwo trust can shatter when the danger comes from the very person who was supposed to protect you.
This documentary is one of the wildest, most unsettling true-crime stories Netflix has ever put out. It grabs you from the very first minute and does not let go, because what seems like a typical high school cyberbullying case spirals into something unthinkable. What makes this documentary even crazier is the sear amount of messages and the content within them. The disgusting things her own mother said to her just off of the excuse of “ I wanted to catch them". I personally think her own mother was jealous of her and wanted her own daughter boyfriend. This documentary show you that you never know who is behind the screen. In conclusion, watch it.