Three Identical Strangers Is Heartwarming, Then Haunting

Tim Wardle’s compulsively watchable documentary goes to some dark places.by Ned LannamannIf Three Identical Strangers were a book, it would be the kind of page-turner that you devour in a single weekend. Unlike most paperback potboilers, though, Three Identical Strangers’ bizarre, emotional rollercoaster lingers with you—and not merely because it all actually happened. Tim Wardle’s documentary ends up taking viewers to a very dark place, and, even as it remains a compulsi