Three Identical Strangers (2018) poster
2018 · documentary

Three Identical Strangers

Directed by Tim Wardle1h 37m2018
ElsewhereIMDb7.645kRT96%Metacritic81TMDB7.3817
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Sombre, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.

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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.

Our read · Three Identical Strangers (2018) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
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Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
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