Twinsters

if i could give it 10000000000000 i would, i have seen this 4 times cried 4 times , 2 beautiful women met via a YouTube video, its the single best true story i have ever seen, if you watch this you will never ever forget it, it will change you for the better , just wh3en you think you got this life figured out this comes along and knocks you on your butt

So even "famous" people can have secrets or rather a past they themselves haven't figured out yet ... in case this is news for you. And I don't mean to be disparaging with my famous comment. I just think that some people may not know one of the two women in question, even if she has been in Hollywood movies.

But this is not about stardom or celebrity status, this is about family. A missing piece in someones life. Even if they didn't know. And the adventures those two individuals take upon them. Always in company of others, but still in sync with each other. Funny, engaging and sentimental to a point ... and life affirming!

"I have like five different types of moms, and that's OK, and I love each and every one of them. And I love my birth mom too. I don't know her, and still love her. Family's what you make of it, there's no definition."

I don't think you'll find a more adorable or heartwarming documentary. I kind of wish it had probed a bit more into the Anais, the European twin being introverted in contrasted to her American sister Samantha, and how that might relate to stresses in her environment growing up (no siblings, and apparently a less tolerant neighborhood), but maybe that was self-evident. Regardless, a fascinating and engaging story. Look for the ten year anniversary update on YouTube too, which aside from the usual types of updates, shows a more self-assured Anais, and a blending of personas over the past decade.

This is the story of separated-at-birth twin sisters discovering and meeting each other. Stretched out over an entire feature length documentary. That's it. It could be done in fifteen minutes, but instead we are forced to sit through interminable footage of messages of them saying "pop" to each other, and lots and lots of giggling (although, full disclosure, I switched it off fifteen minutes before the end because I couldn't summon up the interest to continue; so it's possible there was some rewarding content in the final quarter of an hour. No regrets). It doesn't even have anything new or interesting to say about the nature of twinship in general, let alone in examining this particular set of twins. Do yourself a favour and watch the far more in depth, character-filled, and documentary-worthy Three Identical Strangers instead

This film just aired on the Fusion Channel. I loved it. First question: When this adventure first began, did it suddenly occur to Samantha this story potentially could be a great documentary, AND, if so, how did she quickly connect up with a film production company and producers to quickly capture everything. She did mention that she had graduated from college and later was wearing a Boston University t-shirt. BU is a great film school--did she make a connection there?

Second question: Did either girl speak Korean? When the first foster mother came into the room, I could of sworn that Samantha was translating to her sister. I could be wrong because the only technical criticism I have is the sound capturing was very poor. It was as if they only had a single mike overhead on a boom which picked up a lot of sound bouncing off walls and ceiling along with trying to capture different voice levels at the same time. It didn't work AND there is no CC to turn on to help.