‘The Tinder Swindler’ review: Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary is a lesson in vulnerability

“This is an emotional con,” is how Natalie Remøe Hansen —a journalist whose piece in the Norwegian newspaper VG inspired the documentary — describes the case of Simon Leviev, or as Netflix’s latest documentary calls him, “The Tinder Swindler.” Posing as the son of an Israeli diamond magnate, Leviev uses the dating app Tinder to first emotionally lure women into his life as the troubled “prince of diamonds”. The answer lies in Morris’ choice to focus the documentary on the narratives of three women — Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, and Ayleen Charlotte — who were swindled by Leviev. The “emotional con” is finally resolved in the film by hardened candour, as Cecilie and Pernilla band together to expose Leviev’s whole schtick in one of Norway’s biggest newspapers, the VG. The Tinder Swindler Director: Felicity Morris Cast: Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, Ayleen Charlotte, and others Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes Storyline: Three women who got swindled by a man on Tinder posing as the heir of an Israeli magnate set out to expose him “I don’t really want to share this story,” is the first thing Cecilie says in her interview with VG.