tk-williamson Review of Three Identical Strangers

Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Especially poignant to identical siblings everywhere . . .

[10/10 · 9 January 2019]

As an identical twin, and, coincidentally, born in 1961, this was particularly an emotional experience. The line where one of them says, "I would make a comment, what I considered to be based upon an original thought, to someone only to be told - your brother said the exact same thing." That has happened to me many times growing up and is rather annoying - especially when talking to some girl I was interested in. I was amazed at their level of affection and admiration for each other when they were reunited at age 19. In my case, my brother started using drugs at age 14 and essentially abandoned me and has been nothing but a source of anger, frustration and disappointment ever since. He has never missed an opportunity to take advantage of me and many others. We were also orphans and our lives were extremely dysfunctional, abandoned by our parents I am told we were in over 20 different homes by age 4. But, I digress, everyone has baggage. This film is a wonderful and sad slice of life and especially heart breaking to me.