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Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary  |  Gay/Lesbian

Written by:

Directed by: Susan Kaplan

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 19, 2005

Running Time: 95 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin, and Samantha Singh

Trinogomous? Marriage-a-trois? Monogamy but with more than one person? How does one talk about the unusual relationship between Sam, Smantha and Steven? After all, this is one of those stories you WILL want to talk about. (ThinkFilm)

What The Critics Said

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80

Newsweek David Ansen

A streak of pitch-black humor, some bawdy detours and a touch of sanguine, sun-baked poetry Sam Peckinpah would have liked.

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75

Boston Globe Janice Page

One of the smartest things Kaplan does, besides getting talented Boston folk singer Catie Curtis to contribute to the soundtrack, is hang around long enough to see how this three-headed relationship plays out.

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75

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

It doesn't spoil any of the story's surprising twists to say that Three of Hearts 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.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle John McMurtrie

An often tender and revealing documentary.

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75

New York Post Kyle Smith

That rare documentary whose first half could have been written by Rosie O'Donnell, the second half by Pat Robertson.

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

The documentary fascinates not only because of its subject matter but because the three people - whose backgrounds are individually developed - are so likable.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

The admirably tasteful result is a social study far more suited for the likes of Oprah Winfrey than Jerry Springer.

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70

The New York Times Anita Gates

A significant development turns Susan Kaplan's documentary into a thought-provoking story.

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70

Village Voice Laura Sinagra

Beyond the buzz of iconoclasm, our explorers find a regular troubled marriage, only with three sides to every problem.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

With Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family, documentarian Susan Kaplan has achieved the enviable effect of eavesdropping on her subjects for a meaningful exploration of the possibilities and the limits within any relationship.

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60

Variety Dennis Harvey

At first seems like a pleasantly pat piece of verite advocacy for convention-breaking unions. But it gets really interesting once said relationship unexpectedly dissolves in ugly fashion, offering real-life voyeuristic appeal a la "Capturing the Friedmans."

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60

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

Three Of Hearts seems like an unwieldy mating of two films: one a glossy documentary about the fictionalized perfection that three lovers and a director wanted to believe in, and another about the all-too-human truth.

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40

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

There’s nothing postmodern about this "family," unless postmodern means never having to grow up.

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40

Chicago Reader Fred Camper

Kaplan's decision to violate documentary principles by using songs to "narrate" some sections is simply irritating.

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What Our Users Said

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