2018 Directed by Tim Wardle
New York, 1980: three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives - and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
Dimitri Doganis Amy Entelis Courtney Sexton Sara Ramsden Adam Hawkins Tom Barry Grace Hughes-Hallett Becky Read
Truly fascinating. And frustrating. I'm sure a follow-up is on the way.
Watched on a DVD screener.
It's not this movie's fault that I knew most of the details of the story going in, but it is this movie's fault that it doesn't really investigate the idea that this experiment, in addition to being wildly unethical at the very least, was inconclusive. Like a lot of portrait documentaries, it's content to abandon any actual thesis in favor of a simple human interest story, and at least this is a novel one.
Wow, I was going to make this a review with spoilers, but I’m writing it on my phone and it’s not giving me the option.
So bear with me.
It seems that most of the story is given away in the trailer, but the documentary goes far deeper than that. Much like Errol Morris’ Tabloid, once you don’t think I can get any crazier, it does.
It also explored nature vs. nurture pretty well. On the outside, the three identical brothers seemed identical on a superficial level. As they dug deeper, the differences between the triplets and how they were raised was astounding. Several genetic factors played a part in how they turned out, but the different environments also proved to be a huge consideration.
The editing, pacing, and careful unveiling of surprises was done in an immaculate manner.
This was the 252nd film I saw using Movie Pass.
Scavenger Hunt # 45 - December 2018 | Film #29
Watch any 2018 release
Would that we all had a bubula. And all studies an IRB.
Incredibly interesting to say the least; the fact that the film brings up so many intriguing questions surrouding social expirements and the moral and ethical implications surrouding them yet does very little with these questions, it's just unsatisfying.
Also, I just want to apologise to Won't You Be My Neighbour because formally, this was so so much worse. It reminded me of those cheap reality shows where they have people recount their bullshit ghost stories where they would play the re-enactments over the interviews and even try to tie up what actually happened with the hauntings. Which was very frustrating for me to say the least. It's the kind of documentary that has an interesting story, but by the time the credits roll it all summounts to very little.
What a thrill ride. I really do have to watch more documentaries because I’ve found them to be so powerful in delivering their own stories.
With Three Identical Strangers I find it best to just watch it without any preconceived knowledge to what it’s about, since from start to end the film just subverts its course into an increasingly intriguing degree. So I won’t say much here for that reason and, even though I want to I haven’t really gotten used to ‘reviewing’ documentaries anyway so.
An interesting watch for sure. Can’t wait to find my long lost twin brother in the future.
Interesting doc about triplets separated at birth as part of a psychological study. Very engaging.
A tale so suspenseful and shocking, if it hadn't have happened in real life, Hitchcock would've had to have concocted it. And after all of the twists and turns, what we're left with is the sadness and injustice of this bizarre situation.
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