Perkins slowly builds the tension by structuring each of the first two acts around the individual brothers. That sets up a heart-shattering third act that brings every raw feeling and deeply rooted emotion to the surface.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 25, 2022

A harrowing yet cathartic tale of sibling healing and a dark family secret.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 3, 2020

An intriguing documentary about twin brothers, amnesia and a filmmaker functioning as a therapist of last resort.

| May 23, 2020

You'll watch the last 20 minutes with your heart in your throat.

| May 23, 2020

Their story is fascinating and unsettling, and the film tells it without sensationalism.

| Original Score: B | May 23, 2020

Everything shot and effect is specifically designed to tell this story, and it works brilliantly.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 23, 2020

Filled to the brim with horror and humanity, it's unforgettable.

| May 23, 2020

While "Tell Me Who I Am" doesn't offer any real answers about the role of memory in coping with abuse, it does bring up fascinating questions.

| Original Score: B+ | May 23, 2020

Tell Me Who I Am is a captivating look at two brothers and the grief they live with, and in this character study is a fascinating, unflinching look at love and forgiveness in the face of abject horror.

| May 23, 2020

While it's hard to do complete justice to their heartbreaking tale involving a dark, traumatic childhood, Perkins deserves all the credit for treating it with the respect and care that it deserves.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 23, 2020

What sets this Netflix documentary apart is the way Perkins compellingly structures this documentary into an ambiguous and haunting mystery drama that asks us whether it is okay to lie to someone you love in order to protect them from lifelong ache.

| Dec 27, 2019

Imagine waking up and not knowing who you are, where you are, or the identities of the faces staring back at you. What if you find out the things you have been told are lies?

| Nov 14, 2019

It's tragic but utterly compelling viewing as director Ed Perkins allows the two men to share their stories -- and their lifelong anguish -- direct to camera before they sit down face-to-face for a final, painful catharsis.

| Nov 7, 2019

It was one of those stories that was simply too awful to need much elaboration - it was bleak, creepy, dismal, sad.

| Nov 1, 2019

An incredibly moving experience that men, in particular, should witness and absorb.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2019

A searing examination of childhood trauma, Tell Me Who I Am raises provocative questions about the imprecision of memory and the rose-tinted lens through which we view family.

| Oct 24, 2019

Intense docu about twin brothers has violence, cursing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2019

It doesn't try to influence your perception of what [the subjects] are saying, and it's really beautiful filmmaking.

| Oct 21, 2019

The way this film is constructed is a suspenseful mystery, and eventually it gives way to great catharsis.

| Oct 21, 2019

A documentary so harrowing and horrific that it can only bear to scratch at the surface of its remarkable story.

| Original Score: B | Oct 19, 2019