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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)
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What The Critics Said
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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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle John McMurtrie
An often tender and revealing documentary.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
A significant development turns Susan Kaplan's documentary into a thought-provoking story.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Laura Sinagra
Beyond the buzz of iconoclasm, our explorers find a regular troubled marriage, only with three sides to every problem.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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."
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
There’s nothing postmodern about this "family," unless postmodern means never having to grow up.
Read Full Review >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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