Three Identical Strangers

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 36m
  •  (104)
  • 81

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tim Wardle

Producer:

Tom Barry, Louise Dew, Poppy Dixon

Writer:

Grace Hughes-Hallett

Release Date:

Jun 29, 2018

Runtime:

1hr 36m

Synopsis

This is not your typical daytime talk show “lost sibling reunion” segment. The documentary Three Identical Strangers tells the story of Bobby, David and Eddy, who at 19 years of age discover they are identical triplets who were adopted by three different Jewish families from the Louise Wise Adoption Agency in New York City. The heartwarming tale of sibling reconnection, however, soon becomes horribly heartbreaking. The men eventually learn that while their parents were told their children were being monitored to study the effects of adoption, they were actually part of a secret study on nature vs. nurture. They were, essentially separated at birth to be used as a control group. And they were not the only ones. Directed by Tim Wardle.

Cast

  • Robert Shafran
  • Michael Domnitz
  • Howard Schneider
  • Ellen Cervone
  • Alan Luchs
  • David Kellman
  • Hedy Page
  • Alice Shafran
  • Elliott Galland
  • Mort Shafran

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Verified Review
#intense

Such a well told story. So intriguing. Try not to read anything about this before you see it, it takes some turns and it will keep your interest the whole time.

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Beautiful and disturbing film.

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Metacritic

81
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Based on 30 Critics
7.7

USER SCORE (71)

Generally favorable reviews based on 71 Reviews
88
Jul 24, 2018

There have been better documentaries this year, but none of them are the roller-coaster ride that Three Identical Strangers turns out to be.

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Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
100
Jun 28, 2018

The best documentaries reveal the ways in which truth can be stranger (and wilder and weirder) than fiction. And director Tim Wardle’s stunning and tragic Sundance sensation, Three Identical Strangers, is stranger (and wilder and weirder) than most.

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Metacritic review by Chris Nashawaty
Chris Nashawaty
Entertainment Weekly
80
Apr 18, 2018

A gripping, stranger-than-fiction account of a real-world medical conspiracy, the film begins as a human-interest story and builds to an impressive work of investigative journalism into how and why they were placed with the families who raised them.

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Metacritic review by Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Variety
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