Three Identical Strangers on TV tonight (CNN, 1/27)

Thanks, have wanted to watch this

Will be DVRing.. didn’t know this was going to air on CNN.. appreciate it .

Watched it Saturday night.

Incredible story, incredibly well-made film mixing old footage, current interviews and -- what I liked-- the "recreations", such as young Bobby heading off to college in that old Volvo (how much money did they spend to get one looking like that with the mismatched hood?) and the parents meeting with the adoption agency with the rainstorm going on.

That old lady who was an assistant during the study definitely gave off a creepy vibe, especially with her name-dropping photos, her matter-of-fact way of describing the study, and the way she described Neubauer as "sexy".

The whole film makes you really think about the whole "nature vs. nurture"; clearly there are some things in nature you may be gifted --or cursed-- with (such as a tendency towards mental illness). But of course, nurture has so much more to do with it.

I mean, just watch Hellboy.

BRich, I accidentally downvote you ... big thumbs while fumbling with my iPad.

I like your take though and especially your Hellboy reference.

My Dad used to always say you are born with it ... you’ve either got it or you don’t.

It’s one of the few things he may have been wrong about IMHO. So much depends upon environmental influences. But, then again, if that’s the case how is it that so many from impoverished backgrounds manage to excel in life while so many from privileged backgrounds manage to fail?

I think parenting is the biggest influence one way or the other and it has very little to do with neighborhoods or money or any of that.