Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2004)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 4
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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0
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Sam Cagnina and Steven Margolin first met when they were classmates in college; the two were studying similar fields (Sam was interested in massage therapy while Steven wanted to become a chiropractor), and as their fascination with one another grew, they discovered they were both bisexual. Sam and Steve developed a committed relationship that grew over several years, and in time the two decided they wanted to add a woman to their romantic partnership. After a number of failed attempts to add a
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Ends up uncovering some poignant truths about the nature of love, the pressures of commitment and the limits to the compromises we are willing to make for the people we care about.
Top CriticAn often tender and revealing documentary.
[A] meaningful exploration of the possibilities and the limits within any relationship.
The admirably tasteful result is a social study far more suited for the likes of Oprah Winfrey than Jerry Springer.
That rare documentary whose first half could have been written by Rosie O'Donnell, the second half by Pat Robertson.
The documentary fascinates not only because of its subject matter but because the three people -- whose backgrounds are individually developed -- are so likable, and because Kaplan began filming their relationship in the midst of its best times.
Documentary as mesmerizing reality show and juicy soap opera combined with enough relevance, skillful storytelling, polish and compelling subjects to make it big-screen-worthy.
Fascination turns into overkill well before that time is exhausted, as we are along with it.
Watching this domestic drama unfold is fascinating, funny and often wrenching.
The three participants are so banal, their childlike motives so transparently egotistical -- it's not inconceivable that they got together because their first names all begin with s -- you want to shake them.
Ultimately a tedious and exasperating look at a domestic experiment gone wrong.
The missed opportunities are impossible to ignore.
...an incredibly comprehensive documentary...
What is left unsaid becomes the most revealing.
A menage-a-trois that could shock the majority of red state denizens; intermittently tittilating.
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- Three of Hearts (UK)
[font=Century Gothic]"The Dying Gaul" is at its best when it is a condemnation of Hollywood's refusing to make any movies about gay men and lesbians("Brokeback Mountain" does come out next month.). When it makes a hard turn away from the political to the personal and even the new age, the movie weakens towards a very problematic ending. Peter Sarsgaard and Patricia Clarkson, being two of the best actors around, make this movie better than it should have been.[/font]
[font=Century Gothic][color=#000080]"Three of Hearts" is a documentary about a rather unique relationship and family. The relationship consists of two men and a woman who are all in love with each other - Sam & Steven & Samantha. Sam and Steven were in love first before they decided to add a woman to the mix. At the beginning of the movie, Samantha has just become pregnant for the first time.(And she will also give birth to a second child.) I was surprised to see they all work together at the same wellness center.[/color][/font]
[font=Century Gothic][color=#000080]The moral of the documentary is that we spend too much time self-analyzing. Also, we rely too much on labels to define ourselves.[/color][/font]