{"id":7378,"date":"2018-07-24T07:08:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=7378"},"modified":"2018-08-22T07:15:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:15:05","slug":"three-identical-strangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=7378","title":{"rendered":"Three Identical Strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7379 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Three-Identical-Strangers.jpg?resize=301%2C195\" alt=\"Three Identical Strangers\" width=\"301\" height=\"195\" \/>Reviewer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2018\/06\/29\/three-identical-strangers-dont-read-this-review-just-go-see-the-movie\/\">Bilge Ebiri<\/a> in <em>The Village Voice<\/em> says, \u201cThe best way to experience Tim Wardle\u2019s documentary <em>Three Identical Strangers<\/em> is to do so without knowing a single thing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The makers of the trailer must have felt much the same way because (uncharacteristically), they didn\u2019t give away much of the story (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uM5TQ4f7ycw\">trailer<\/a>), except to focus on the surprise reunion of 19-year-old triplets, separated at six months of age, and adopted into separate homes. They find each other by a fluke. The whole idea of &#8220;separated at birth&#8221; is vaguely sentimental, because in it is the notion that siblings eventually find each other. That there&#8217;s a happy reunion. In this film, that&#8217;s just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>I can only agree with Ebiri in saying, see it. It has surprising depths. It will leave you shaking your head, first at the power of coincidence, then everything else. Says an aunt, \u201cWhen\u00a0 you play with humans, you do something very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you have the pleasure of seeing interviews with veteran journalist Lawrence Wright.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/three_identical_strangers\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> critics\u2019 rating: 96%; audiences: 87%.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Twins-What-They-Tell-About\/dp\/0471296449\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1532430435&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=Lawrence+Wright&amp;dpID=51tExoomYeL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=cd146fc4b4ab6dbdcdd4ed39e9d91d89&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0471296449&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;language=en_US\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=victoweisf-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=0471296449\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewer Bilge Ebiri in The Village Voice says, \u201cThe best way to experience Tim Wardle\u2019s documentary Three Identical Strangers is to do so without knowing a single thing about it.\u201d The makers of the trailer must have felt much the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=7378\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Three Identical Strangers - a documentary that will leave you shaking your head. 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