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  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Ignite Channel
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Ignite Channel
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary In February 2013, Anaïs Bordier, a French fashion student living in London, stumbled upon a YouTube video featuring Samantha Futerman, an actress in Los Angeles, and was struck by their uncanny resemblance. After discovering they were born on the same day in Busan, Korea and both put up for adoption, Anaïs reached out to Samantha via Fac...

Directed By: Samantha Futerman, Ryan Miyamoto

Written By: Samantha Futerman

  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Ignite Channel
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Ignite Channel
  • 1 h 29 m

Twinsters

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary In February 2013, Anaïs Bordier, a French fashion student living in London, stumbled upon a YouTube video featuring Samantha Futerman, an actress in Los Angeles, and was struck by their uncanny resemblance. After discovering they were born on the same day in Busan, Korea and both put up for adoption, Anaïs reached out to Samantha via Fac...

Directed By: Samantha Futerman, Ryan Miyamoto

Written By: Samantha Futerman

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 26, 2015
Twinsters is a lively — and quite lovely — take on contemporary notions of family and identity.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
89
Jul 29, 2015
Even more extraordinary than the concept or its conceptualization is how intensely moving an experience it all amounts to.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 16, 2015
Twinsters is an enjoyable ride, made with vigorous love and creativity, which is more than enough reason to recommend it. Especially to siblings.
By Nikola Grozdanovic FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 26, 2015
An affecting emotional journey as well as a telling example of how the fortuitous intervention of social media continues to reshape lives in unexpected ways.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 16, 2015
Twinsters is a heartwarming true story that might not have happened without social media, so score one for modern technology.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 16, 2015
The overriding effect of Twinsters is a sense of pleasure at having borne witness to emotional epiphanies of the most affecting and intimate sort.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 16, 2015
The film has too many fits of uncontrolled laughter and other awkwardness that suggest an unedited home movie, but, in general, Twinsters makes for a heartfelt alternative to a traditional documentary approach.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.8
88% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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88% Positive
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0% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Small Package Films, Ignite Channel, 2005 Films
Release Date Jul 17, 2015
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating PG-13
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Website https://www.facebook.com/twinstersmovie
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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