AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

ccorral419 Documentarian Tim Wardle ("One Killer Punch" 2016) brings to the public (via CNN Films) an amazing and eye-opening story about three adopted boys (Eddy Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran), who not only find each other, but reveal a secret surrounding their separation at birth. Through one-on-one interviews, home footage and TV appearances replays, Wardle stylistically introduces the boys to the audience, providing them the opportunity to tell their own story, as the audience relives their exciting reunion(s), their rise to sudden celebrity recognition. Warbler graciously stays out of the way of his subjects, as they recount their upbringings, enabling the audience to become fully invested in their families, their life and their story. And, just when he has the audience smiling and feeling good, he slowly reveals a striking human nature backstory that flips the joyous feeling on it's side. Will answers be found? What do the men learn about their past? Who approved the separations and why? All these questions and more are revealed here in this terrific and emotional documentary. Waddle could find himself recognized come Awards time.

cdcrb You must know the story. I don't understand. if the purpose was to study identical children raised in different environs, why wasn't anything ever published? more question than answers. warning. this is a very painful movie. beware.

patrickharrigan31 I have told the story to so many about going into a small hardware store on E. 30th Street ( circa 1981) by my apartment at Kips Bay. Above the checkout were 3 pics of 3 identical young men. I asked the owner about them, and the story unfolded. But now so much more is explained, and I was "fascinated" especially as I was adopted and always wonder if I am a twin , or ..

bldunn-25343 This is a very interesting topic that is well researched and well told by the director. Kudos to him and I expect an Oscar nomination for this film. This is a very difficult story to tell and particularly to wrap up into a tight, cohesive package. But was it shocking, as much as the marketing materials claim that it would be? The level to which you will be offended by the "bad people" depends on how you view it in context of the time period of the 1960's versus today as well as your own sensibilities. At the very least, this film allows you to initiate interesting discussions about this topic either with yourself, against others' opinions expressed here, or with other people you know who have seen the films. Few films can do that, and for that reason, I'd suggest to go see it.I do have some beefs. One item that I did not feel merited inclusion was the suggestion that these twins were chosen for the study based on the mental illnesses of their mothers. There was no evidence to support this, and this idea was squashed by the academic near the end. Was it added for shock value? No doubt, as I heard gasps in the audience.What about the Nature vs. Nurture argument -- was it truly settled? I'd say No, it was not done convincingly so, as the Nurture > Nature conclusion was mostly, albeit emphatically, delivered as a statement of opinion by one of the research assistants at the end of the film. Worse, the implication that Eddy committed suicide, yet his two brothers did not, due to his stricter upbringing was far too big a reach by the filmmaker for me to accept, even when the dad was shown as clueless as to how he could have helped.Despite my issues, I still suggest you watch this film. At the very least, it will cause you to think.