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I did hear about this movie, it did seem to be really intriguing and, since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, as expected, it turned out to be an incredible and fascinating story. At first, it was obviously quite heartwarming to see these 3 boys getting together after almost 20 years and it was even more awesome to see them getting along so well pretty much instantly. However, there was also a dark side to this fairytale story as one of them, Eddy, did kill himself 15 years later. In fact, it didn’t stop here and the whole thing did get so much weirder though. Seriously, at some point, it felt more like watching some kind of cheap horror movie, except that it all really did happen. Indeed, these boys were apparently not separated by accident, it was apparently done on purpose by some psychiatrist which does sound really insane. The craziest thing for me was to hear the only 2 people who were working for this psychiatrist actually still praising this ‘experiment’ after all these years which was completely mind-blowing to me. Sure, I understand the value of scientific experiments but the impact on the concerned children and their adoptive families was massive and they should have been left alone. To make things worse, this study would never be published at all because these guys actually became aware that it wouldn’t be so popular after all. Even more frustrating for all the people/victims involved, it seemed that the whole thing turned out to be inconclusive so all the damage done might have been all for nothing. Anyway, to conclude, it was probably one of the weirdest documentaries I have seen and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.
8/10
