Review of Tell Me Who I Am (2019) by Edeltraud — 03 Nov 2019

The film held my interest for about 45 minutes but then it devolved into a tease of when or if the brothers would ever exchange the info that needs to be exchanged, like a upperclass Dr. Phil show. But here's my real issue with the story -- which is intriguing, if true and also if it isn't (but for different reasons).

There is absolutely no evidence that what the brother who lied says is true when he finally "comes clean." He lied before, he might be lying again. Sure the parents are creepy, many parents are.

But where is the evidence of abuse? A cabinet with sex toys? Yeah, that happens. A weird photo -- hardly conclusive -- and many parents took similar shots, quite innocently - and so the photo got ripped.

Well, that happens, too. The mother isn't there to defend herself, there are no other witnesses, no one has been charged. We are asked to take the brother's word for what happened. And the liar brother is also a bad actor (as in, he can't act) -- I didn't believe him when he finally spilled the beans.