Tell Me Who I Am

Name: Tell Me Who I Am
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Documentary
Released: October 18, 2019
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Alex Lewis, Andrew Caley, Evan Milton, Kathleen Ray, Luke Mulhurn

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 18, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Lewis, Andrew Caley, Evan Milton, Kathleen Ray, Luke Mulhurn, Marcus Lewis, Thomas Mulhurn

Summary: What if every memory that haunts you could be erased? What if something truly horrific had happened to you and the person who loves you most could wipe that from your mind? Would you want them to? This is the ethical dilemma that 18-year-old Marcus Lewis faced when his identical twin Alex awakened after a motorcycle accident and Marcus wasWhat if every memory that haunts you could be erased? What if something truly horrific had happened to you and the person who loves you most could wipe that from your mind? Would you want them to? This is the ethical dilemma that 18-year-old Marcus Lewis faced when his identical twin Alex awakened after a motorcycle accident and Marcus was the only person Alex recognized. With no memories at all, Alex relied entirely on his brother as he tried to understand who he was. Working from an autobiography by the twins, Perkins and the Lewis brothers craft a powerfully cinematic adaptation that helps the audience explore their incredible story and remarkable 35-year post-accident journey. It's a profoundly moving examination of memory and trauma, personal responsibility and, ultimately, love.… Expand

Director: Ed Perkins

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Candice Frederick

Oct 16, 2019

Marked by evolving degrees of miraculous vivacity, dread, despair, and ultimately hope, Tell Me Who I Am reflects a fraternal relationship equally encumbered by truth and lies but strengthened by love and an unflinching revelation in real time. It is utterly staggering. Read full review

Alan Ng

Oct 17, 2019

Tell Me Who I Am is an incredible real-life mystery. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Oct 17, 2019

This remarkable true story is a finely crafted exercise in slow-building suspense, though it works better as a gripping mood piece than as journalistic investigation, its raw confessional style slightly compromised by niggling narrative gaps and dramatic contrivances. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tomris Laffly

Oct 18, 2019

Their tangible shared pain quickly turns an awkward performativeness into a most genuine therapy session, one that is both disarming and uplifting to observe. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Nov 19, 2019

Ultimately, the film is not just a wild and nearly unbelievable story; it’s a rumination on the lasting effects of sexual abuse, the complicated question of “good” lies, and the moral quandary that comes along with withholding painful information. Read full review

Justin Chang

Oct 17, 2019

In its most rewardingly complicated moments, this absorbing, incomplete documentary reminds us that there is nothing definitive about what we think we know. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Oct 18, 2019

In the documentary, the director appears to be interviewing the twins separately, but he’s really just filming them as they recite their own story. They’ve chosen their words carefully; they cry on cue; and they share just enough, while holding back an enormous amount of information. Read full review

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Mobaker

Mar 4, 2021

Absolutely heart wrenching and real, it’s one of my favorite documentaries because of how touching the brothers stories are, it’s loving and gut wrenching at the same time.