Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Dalbert Pringle
Oh-me! Oh-my! Kids of super-rich parents sure do have it tough.Yep. They sure do - Especially when mommie-dearest and daddie-dearest have been divorced for 13 years and at this point these 2 ever-loving little brats (out of their own selfish interest) take it upon themselves to seriously meddle into the personal affairs of these adults, going to the most extreme lengths imaginable to bring good, ol' mom and dad back together again.This film's story deals (in a fairly flaky fashion) with the antics of a pair of identical twins. And, I, for one, found it absolutely impossible to believe that when Susan and Sharon were separated shortly after birth that their parents (getting divorced from each other at the time, with each parent taking only one of the girls for themselves) never, ever told that child about the respective twin sister that they had.I mean - Like, c'mon - How frickin' mean, nasty and petty can 2 divorcing parents get? Eh? For the most part The Parent Trap's story (a misguided mix of slapstick and sophistication) just didn't work very well. From my perspective (as a thinking adult), I quickly found the story-line to be far too contrived, far too short on laughs, and far too full of gaping plot holes to be worth any more than a dismal 4-star rating.
avi-greene2
I first heard of this movie when I was a very little kid and I grew up with a Disney Sing Along video that contained a song from it called "Let's Get Together", so when I was eight years old I was motivated to try out the full movie and my family and I rented the movie from our library. That was my first time watching it from start to finish, and ever since then I also rented it from my library again in 4th grade and on Netflix in 9th grade. From the moment I watched this comedy in 9th grade, I've always though to myself "Wow, what a great film this is!", and to this day I own the movie on DVD and there are many things I love about it. First off, I love the beautiful scenery of Camp Inch where the twins in the movie meet in the beginning, as well as Sharon McKendrick's beautiful mansion in Boston and Susan Evers' Spanish architecture house in Monterrey, California. What I thought of the acting was that Hayley Mills definitely aced playing the roles of the twins (whose names I mentioned earlier in my review), as well as the beautiful Hollywood actress Maureen O'Hara playing the role of Maggie McKendrick twenty years after her most acclaimed role, Angharad Morgan in the hit John Ford film "How Green Was My Valley". In my opinion, Mills played the role of the twins much better than Lindsay Lohan did in the new version of The Parent Trap. In addition to all the phenomenal filming and acting of this hit movie, I also love the music that the Sherman Brothers wrote like the pretty song "For Now For Always", and "Let's Get Together" (of course). If anyone is looking for a funny film to watch that combines phenomenal acting and engaging music, I recommend you check out this movie and definitely skip the remake of it with Lindsay Lohan.
OllieSuave-007
The Parent Trap is, I think, one of the best family films ever made, and one of the best ones from Disney - having that pure, magical Disney touch. This fun story tells about teenage twin girls Sharon and Susan, who met for the first time at summer camp. Concocting a plan, they decide to swap places and try to bring their divorced parents back together.Though is movie is over two hours long, every moment in the film is intriguing and captivating, which captured my attention and I was not left bored at any time during the movie, from the twins concocting plans and course of events to reunite their parents to forest scene where the twins unleash of bag of tricks on the film's antagonist. The acting was great and I especially like the performances of Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara as Mitch and Margaret; they had excellent on-screen chemistry. Hayley Mills did a great job portraying both Sharon and Susan; I enjoyed watching the parts where they first found out they were long lost twins and how they adopted each others personalities when they decided to switch places to visit each other's parents. And, I loved Joanna Barnes' portrayal of the golddigger Vicki Robinson - charming, yet devious and hilariously crafty.The filming locations in the movie were breathtaking, from the elegant house of Margaret to the vast and magnificent ranch home of Mitch. And, the songs were quite catchy to listen to, especially the "Let's Get Together" number.Terrific movie for the entire family - full of laughs, surprises and fun.Grade A
Lee Eisenberg
For the most part, I watched "The Parent Trap" just so that I could heckle it like Mike, Servo and Crow do the movies that Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank send them on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". I'm most proud of referring to the woman with the surname Robinson as the character in "The Graduate".But what this movie really represents is what was thought of as "acceptable" and "decent" entertainment. Before too long, the Beatles arrived, causing a torrent of movies and music that old-school people didn't consider "acceptable" or "decent". It got to the point where the "unacceptable" and "indecent" stuff got accepted as a general part of popular culture (good old parable of the leopards!). As in my parents' era, so in my era. "Acceptable" and "decent" culture used to be movies like "Home Alone", but soon it was "American Beauty".The point is, this is the sort of movie at which I roll my eyes. I see that there was a remake starring Lindsay Lohan. We all see what a wreck Lohan became.
