three identical strangers

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

has anyone seen it? i read it is unsettling. do tell.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

Is this a movie, if not what is it.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
Is this a movie, if not what is it.

it is a movie documentary......

Identical triplets become separated at birth and adopted by three different families. Years later, their amazing reunion becomes a global sensation but also unearths an unimaginable secret that has radical repercussions.

Release date: June 29, 2018 (USA)

here is the trailer.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM5TQ4f7ycw

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sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

here is a spoiler article if you want to know about the triplets and their lives.

https://www.mamamia.com.au/real-story-behind-three-identical-strangers/

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Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@sunshine45...interesting. Just the type of thing I like to watch. thanks.

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

Two of the brothers were on Megyn Kelly last week. It's a very interesting story. Really awful that it happened, too.

The Bluebird Carries The Sky On His Back"
-Henry David Thoreau

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

i do believe they are currently in the process of creating a feature film of this real life story.

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ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

hopefully someone will see it and review it here. it sounds intriguing - but i'm not up for a downer.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@ms traditional wrote:
hopefully someone will see it and review it here. it sounds intriguing - but i'm not up for a downer.

@ms traditional I saw it last night. I think it's the best documentary that I've ever seen. It is excellent. And yes, it's disturbing but it's definitely worth seeing. (I think it may have been even more disturbing to me since I'm Jewish, and these separations at birth were orchestrated by a Jewish adoption agency).

The first almost half of the film is thoroughly delightful. It's very interesting to see what happened and how the three separated-at-birth boys discovered they were triplets. There are many laugh-out-loud moments and the film is completely enjoyable. It didn't really bother the 19-yr-old boys that they'd been separated at birth - they were just thrilled to have found each other and had a wonderful time together (at first). It was all three's sets of parents that were extremely angry about the boys having been separated at birth and wanted answers. That's when the film starts to get disturbing (and later sad), which it is, but I don't think it's "keep you up all night" disturbing.

I give this doc my highest recommendation. I was so glad I'd seen it.

By the way, it's a CNN film as you learn at the opening credits, which means it will some time be shown on CNN if you are hesitant to see it now. That's what happened when I went to see the Glenn Campbell farewell tour documentary when he had Alzheimers. I went to the very same theater (our "art theater") to see that one, which was also a CNN film, and it was later (not that much later) shown on CNN. At first when that credit came up I thought "grrrr - I just wasted a ticket price and this is going to be on TV" but I certainly don't feel that way now. It was well worth seeing and I'm glad for the theater experience.