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Three Identical Strangers (2018)

PG-13 Jun 29, 2018 Documentary 1h 37m
User Score
73%
751 votes
Internet Movie Database
76%
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
8100%

The most amazing, incredible, remarkable true story ever told.

Overview

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.

Tim Wardle
Director

Top Billed Cast

David Kellman
David Kellman

Self
Robert Shafran
Robert Shafran

Self
Edward Galland
Edward Galland

Self (archive footage)
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright

Self
Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue

Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Media

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Official Trailer
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A review by Stephen Campbell
Written on June 28, 2019

**_Interesting and reasonably well-made, but morally questionable in how it presents some of the material_**

> _I'm sure it all started with some distinguished psychiatrist and a roomful of people, and the brilliant idea arises of a new way of studying nature versus nurture. "Okay, we’ll separate these kinds and watch them grow." This is nightmarish, Nazi shit._

- Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein quoting Bobby Shafran; _Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited_ (2007)

What is the primary factor in making us who we are? Were the truly great figures of pure evil – Elizabeth Báthory, Adolf Hitler, Harold Shipman, Peter Scully, Adam Sandler – always destined to become who they became, or are there to be found moments and influences in their environment whic...

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