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  • Summary: Returning home to a small town in Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother, Marc. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations, including his blood relationship with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, intense sibling rivalries and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that forces them to face challenges no one could imagine. (First Run Features)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    100
    Harrowing and unforgettable film.
  2. NPR
    Reviewed by: Mark Jenkins
    85
    The movie is a curiosity, of course. Both Marc and Kim have decidedly unusual life stories.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Melissa Anderson
    50
    As with most fam-cam documentaries, dysfunction pushes the story along, tipping over into exploitation.

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