I was prepared to hate this movie, but I didn't. In fact, I kind of liked it. This variation on the Parent Trap storyline kept me engaged and, dare I say, entertained. I even found myself laughing at some of the cheesy jokes. What has happened to me? I enjoyed an Olsen Twins movie!
68 Reviews
Identical
serrakiper8 June 2019
If you liked The Parent Trap then you'll enjoy this
lisafordeay28 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Former movie actors Mary Kate and her twin Ashley Olsen were huge from the 90s to 2004. Here they play a tomboy girl named Alyssa and a rich girl named Amanda who swap places(like in the parent trap) as they are sick of their lives as Alyssa is an orphan who wants her social worker(Kirsty Alley) to adopt her,and Amanda's father (Steve Guttenberg) is getting married to a gold digger.
Later the two girls set up Roger and Diane to get together.
Will they or won't they?
The premise is very similar to The Parent Trap (which was remade 3 years later as the original came out in 1961). Overall I enjoyed it. Also stars Philip Bosco from Kate and Leopold.
The premise is very similar to The Parent Trap (which was remade 3 years later as the original came out in 1961). Overall I enjoyed it. Also stars Philip Bosco from Kate and Leopold.
Those girls are amazing.
netsmith200116 March 2004
I stumbled on this family film while channel surfing the other night. I happened to catch it right from the opening titles. The Olsen girls had me hooked from the first minutes. I couldn't stop watching this movie until the final credits rolled. Having raised two girls I was particularly tuned into the Olsen girls. I was blown away by how cute and funny and bright they were. And I thought the love story though predictable was tastefully handled and fairly intelligent. All in all a most enjoyable experience.
It's enjoyable.
alistairmenze26 February 2021
Not bad
peter_garner27 December 2003
Maybe this remake of classic Disney's "The Parents trap" is the best film of these twins, at least it's a good family entertainment. I should say however that it is the last good work of these girls, their latest stuff are really unbearable, like "Getting There", for example.
Cute
Calicodreamin10 December 2019
I couldn't help but compare to the parent trap (it's the exact same premise, except everyone just decides to call it 'weird' that the two girls are identical). But it really works regardless, it's a cute, fun, mindless movie. Kirstie alley really shines, she's funny and charming and had a great relationship with the kids. A fun movie!
It Takes the Olsen Twins
trixie-k-8821 March 2014
What do you get when you take two parts Prince and the Pauper, one part The Parent Trap and throw in the Olsen Twins? It Takes Two of course!
This story starts with the very different lives of two identical strangers (Mary-Kate & Ashley): Alyssa, who is the lonely daughter of a wealthy widower (Steve Guttenberg), and Amanda, an orphan with a "street" attitude who is looked after by her...social worker? caretaker? Diane (Kirstie Alley). For the summer, Amanda and her friends from the orphanage are sent to a camp for disadvantaged children, which just happens to be across the lake from Alyssa's enormous summer home. By chance, the two girls run into each other (literally) in the woods and discover they look exactly the same. After a few minutes of conversation they decide to switch places because...why not?! Now they both must deal with the other's problems--Alyssa struggling with Amanda's adoption to an awful family, and Amanda doing her best to get rid of the gold-digging b!tch Alyssa's father is engaged to. While the girls deal with that, Diane and Alyssa's dad meet and begin a romance. So, will Amanda be able to stop the wedding? Will Alyssa be able to get out of the awful adoptive parents' home? Will anyone believe they are actually someone else? Will Diane and Alyssa's dad get together?
This movie is quite bad. As a child I loved it, but that's purely because I loved the Olsen twins/Full House. Everything and everyone in this film is an old cliché that was taken from other books and films that did it much better. There is literally nothing new or interesting about the plot line of this film. The acting also leaves something to be desired. Steve Guttenberg, Kirstie Alley, and Philip Bosco as Vicenzo the butler actually did a decent job with what they were handed, but it was still sub-par. More than anything this movie demonstrated something the world seemed to have missed for many years: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen cannot act for their lives. People forget that they became famous on...not so much acting, but on being cute and essentially being themselves on camera. This is the first role they had where they were not Michelle Tanner or just..."twins" (i.e. themselves)! Neither of them are able to pull off either a high or low class NYC accent and demeanor without sounding like they are pulling it out with a rope. In fact, if I had seen this without knowing who they were, I would think they had never even acted in a school play, nonetheless been "acting" since they were infants. Also, there is something else about this movie that really irritates me. That is, the use of the word "orphan" and Amanda being from an "orphanage". I don't know what films' preoccupation on these anachronistic terms are, but there had not been an orphanage in NYC for over 30 years when this film was made. Not only that, but the term "orphan" has also not been used for a very long time. The fact they are constantly using the word "orphan" in this movie drives me up a wall.
All in all this film is pathetic. It's boring, uninteresting, and has some painful acting on the part of the Olsen twins. Some young children may like it, but you're better off getting The Parent Trap if you must sit through it with them.
This story starts with the very different lives of two identical strangers (Mary-Kate & Ashley): Alyssa, who is the lonely daughter of a wealthy widower (Steve Guttenberg), and Amanda, an orphan with a "street" attitude who is looked after by her...social worker? caretaker? Diane (Kirstie Alley). For the summer, Amanda and her friends from the orphanage are sent to a camp for disadvantaged children, which just happens to be across the lake from Alyssa's enormous summer home. By chance, the two girls run into each other (literally) in the woods and discover they look exactly the same. After a few minutes of conversation they decide to switch places because...why not?! Now they both must deal with the other's problems--Alyssa struggling with Amanda's adoption to an awful family, and Amanda doing her best to get rid of the gold-digging b!tch Alyssa's father is engaged to. While the girls deal with that, Diane and Alyssa's dad meet and begin a romance. So, will Amanda be able to stop the wedding? Will Alyssa be able to get out of the awful adoptive parents' home? Will anyone believe they are actually someone else? Will Diane and Alyssa's dad get together?
This movie is quite bad. As a child I loved it, but that's purely because I loved the Olsen twins/Full House. Everything and everyone in this film is an old cliché that was taken from other books and films that did it much better. There is literally nothing new or interesting about the plot line of this film. The acting also leaves something to be desired. Steve Guttenberg, Kirstie Alley, and Philip Bosco as Vicenzo the butler actually did a decent job with what they were handed, but it was still sub-par. More than anything this movie demonstrated something the world seemed to have missed for many years: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen cannot act for their lives. People forget that they became famous on...not so much acting, but on being cute and essentially being themselves on camera. This is the first role they had where they were not Michelle Tanner or just..."twins" (i.e. themselves)! Neither of them are able to pull off either a high or low class NYC accent and demeanor without sounding like they are pulling it out with a rope. In fact, if I had seen this without knowing who they were, I would think they had never even acted in a school play, nonetheless been "acting" since they were infants. Also, there is something else about this movie that really irritates me. That is, the use of the word "orphan" and Amanda being from an "orphanage". I don't know what films' preoccupation on these anachronistic terms are, but there had not been an orphanage in NYC for over 30 years when this film was made. Not only that, but the term "orphan" has also not been used for a very long time. The fact they are constantly using the word "orphan" in this movie drives me up a wall.
All in all this film is pathetic. It's boring, uninteresting, and has some painful acting on the part of the Olsen twins. Some young children may like it, but you're better off getting The Parent Trap if you must sit through it with them.
Such a good family films of the 90's!
artmargo16 March 2010
Very enjoyable film! I watched it back in 1996 and I loved this film. The Olsen twins made great job the same like Kirsty Alley and Guttenberg. After this movie I became a fan of Kirtsy Alley and Olsen twins. One of their best movies. Since then I got it on the tape. I still watch it sometimes and it brings me back to the childhood when I was a kid of 10 years old.
It is a simple film about twins that meet and want to change the worlds. Lots of laugh, funny situations and quotes. A summer vacation begin. Nice shots, very good script. A movie to learn from. This film is very suitable for kids. Good actors, cast, screenplay and action! A movie for whole family!
It is a simple film about twins that meet and want to change the worlds. Lots of laugh, funny situations and quotes. A summer vacation begin. Nice shots, very good script. A movie to learn from. This film is very suitable for kids. Good actors, cast, screenplay and action! A movie for whole family!
An interesting movie to watch
Aleta_Nook18 August 2015
The movie is about two little girls who try to get a jerk of a fiancée gone and get Diane (Kristie Alley) and Roger Callaway (Steve Guttenburg) married. Wait, so Amanda wants to get adopted by Diane, so that makes her Alyssa's stepsister. Yup, something we've seen before, and also predictable.
I do not believe that It Takes Two really knows what it wants to be, the story has pacing issues, with the movie most of the time being a light-hearted comedy with some dramatic parts.
The idea is based on THE PARENT TRAP, but except the kids in there are sisters.
The movie is just a bit too saccharine for me, there could've been more tension going on instead of the dishonest kids turning what could've been a thrilling remake into a sappy romance. And also more development on Roger and Diane's relationship.
The movie has some absurd and annoying acting from the Olsen twins, but they seemed to have gave out some great performances for their young ages in their own way. But the best performances go to Kristie Alley, though I think the director could've had been better with her. Now, don't get me wrong, the movie was pretty interesting, I still love the Olsen twins but they could've been in better projects.
I do not believe that It Takes Two really knows what it wants to be, the story has pacing issues, with the movie most of the time being a light-hearted comedy with some dramatic parts.
The idea is based on THE PARENT TRAP, but except the kids in there are sisters.
The movie is just a bit too saccharine for me, there could've been more tension going on instead of the dishonest kids turning what could've been a thrilling remake into a sappy romance. And also more development on Roger and Diane's relationship.
The movie has some absurd and annoying acting from the Olsen twins, but they seemed to have gave out some great performances for their young ages in their own way. But the best performances go to Kristie Alley, though I think the director could've had been better with her. Now, don't get me wrong, the movie was pretty interesting, I still love the Olsen twins but they could've been in better projects.
It Takes Two to Make a Film This Bad.
anaconda-406583 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
It Takes Two (1995): Dir: Andy Tennant / Cast: Ashley Olsen, Mary- Kate Olsen, Steve Guttenberg, Kirstie Alley, Jane Sibbett: Shameless remake of The Parent Trap about teamwork and collaboration between two scheming girls who happen to be twins. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will obviously play opposite. One belongs to a wealthy household who arrives home to the news that her father is engaged to a snob. The other is an orphan sent to summer camp with her caseworker. The camp is located across the lake and both girls switch places to match her father up with the case worker. Directed by Andy Tennant with beautiful photography. Story is predictable and corny with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen rehearsing The Parent Trap. Is it any surprise that they accomplish their mission? Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg have done better and will hopefully get over this pothole of a film. Jane Sibbett plays the snotty new woman whom Guttenberg feels the need to profess marriage to. These films are a dime a dozen and are aimed at young girls who will hopefully grow up to understand what a crock of sh*t this xerox charade really is. The film's purpose is to cash in the popularity of the Olsen twins who gained major popularity in the sitcom Full House. On the big screen they seem very small outside their sitcom universe. After about fifteen minutes of this then nausea should kick in. Score: 3 / 10
My Childhood.
snperera13 April 2018
Such a fun film! I remember watching this film as a kid and I remember how fun and cute it was. I love Mary-Kate and Ashley and there is amazing chemistry between them and all of the adults in the film. This film is such a cute and cheesy film and I consider it a classic.
Why were these 2 so popular?
ThunderKing614 September 2021
I grew up in the 90s where a lot was happening. One thing that happened were the Olsen Twins. They were the Hannah Montana of the 90s. Their fame really began with the dull show called Full House. (Go check out my review for that show).
Then they were plastered in various movies and all over the place. Only a couple of their movies like It Takes Two are actually tolerable. I was looking through the "More Like This" section and I saw so many movies that they were in that I didn't even hear about before now. So I have to ask why were these 2 so popular and where the heck did they go?
In addition, people use to talk how all cute they were. And if these are actual girls, then they were never all that good-looking.
Anyways...It Takes Two is a family movie about 2 people meeting each other and they have identical children then silly stuff happen then the 2 get married and, they lived happily ever after. Yeah...waste of time.
Nevertheless, during the 90s watching this movie I enjoyed it because I didn't know any better. It's just the nostalgia of the 90s is why this movie get a positive rating, otherwise this movie is a waste of time just like all the other movies they were in that no one cared about.
Then they were plastered in various movies and all over the place. Only a couple of their movies like It Takes Two are actually tolerable. I was looking through the "More Like This" section and I saw so many movies that they were in that I didn't even hear about before now. So I have to ask why were these 2 so popular and where the heck did they go?
In addition, people use to talk how all cute they were. And if these are actual girls, then they were never all that good-looking.
Anyways...It Takes Two is a family movie about 2 people meeting each other and they have identical children then silly stuff happen then the 2 get married and, they lived happily ever after. Yeah...waste of time.
Nevertheless, during the 90s watching this movie I enjoyed it because I didn't know any better. It's just the nostalgia of the 90s is why this movie get a positive rating, otherwise this movie is a waste of time just like all the other movies they were in that no one cared about.
One too many
matrix1100117 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Overall it's an okay film, but just that - okay.
It tried hard to be another The Parent Trap, bit often falls flat and is very predictable. The Olsen twins are okay in this, but what they Lindsay Lohan did far batter in the remake of the Parent Trap.
Steve Guttenburg and Kirsty Alley are likeable leads you want to get together in the end. His future wife just comes across as completely unlikable.
It doesn't feel like it flows very well as a movie and rushes along, where it needs to have more character development and create attachment/root for the characters.
Of the two children one is quite nice and the other not that likable and often is quite rude - it's almost quite hard to root for her, even though she's trying to get the two leads together rather than with the nasty fiance who he is due to marry!
Overall this film could have better if they paced it better, made it a bit more realistic, not rush the scenes that build up the relationships (you don't really get to spend any time with anyone to get to know them before they move onto the next scene) and overall try to hard to be an identical The Parent Trap.
The big reveal when the poor child reveals she's not the child is just so boring and dispassionate - especially considering she's just revealed she's an identical stranger to the butler (who was the first to know in most of the other films of this type).
It Takes Two tried to be The Parent Trap (without the two parents) but The Parent Trap does it better and with more warmth and better pacing than this wannabe!
It tried hard to be another The Parent Trap, bit often falls flat and is very predictable. The Olsen twins are okay in this, but what they Lindsay Lohan did far batter in the remake of the Parent Trap.
Steve Guttenburg and Kirsty Alley are likeable leads you want to get together in the end. His future wife just comes across as completely unlikable.
It doesn't feel like it flows very well as a movie and rushes along, where it needs to have more character development and create attachment/root for the characters.
Of the two children one is quite nice and the other not that likable and often is quite rude - it's almost quite hard to root for her, even though she's trying to get the two leads together rather than with the nasty fiance who he is due to marry!
Overall this film could have better if they paced it better, made it a bit more realistic, not rush the scenes that build up the relationships (you don't really get to spend any time with anyone to get to know them before they move onto the next scene) and overall try to hard to be an identical The Parent Trap.
The big reveal when the poor child reveals she's not the child is just so boring and dispassionate - especially considering she's just revealed she's an identical stranger to the butler (who was the first to know in most of the other films of this type).
It Takes Two tried to be The Parent Trap (without the two parents) but The Parent Trap does it better and with more warmth and better pacing than this wannabe!
So cute
lcfamous-114 March 2003
This has got to be one of the cutest movies i've seen. I love the way that they have one rich twin and one poor twin. the best part of the movie is when they are running through the woods screaming and the song hippie, hippie shake is playing. This is the best movie out of the olsen twins collection and i would recommend you see it giving it a 10/10.
it was fun and refreshing to watch
lexbetts10 July 2023
Seriously.
It reminded me a lot to "the parent trap" from disney AT FIRST.
Because most of the time there were a lot of similarities, but at the end the vibe was totally different.
But I have to say that I really enjoyed and it was my first time watching it after tiktok recommended it to me.. yea, I know, my tiktok is very well trained to recommend me nice movies.
The energy of the characters was really healing for me and the way it made me laugh very much was inmaculate, it must be a fun one to watch with family or friends, I have to say that I absolutely love this kind of movies, they make my day, totally.
It reminded me a lot to "the parent trap" from disney AT FIRST.
Because most of the time there were a lot of similarities, but at the end the vibe was totally different.
But I have to say that I really enjoyed and it was my first time watching it after tiktok recommended it to me.. yea, I know, my tiktok is very well trained to recommend me nice movies.
The energy of the characters was really healing for me and the way it made me laugh very much was inmaculate, it must be a fun one to watch with family or friends, I have to say that I absolutely love this kind of movies, they make my day, totally.
Yuck!! How I loathe these romantic comedies...
Kalgeo2 August 2009
How I loathe these romantic comedies...
The only one who could have made this movie any worse is Owen Wilson, the king of senseless romantic comedies.
The comedy is not very intelligent. There are loads of falling jokes who are supposed to be funny.
The jokes are bad, and the story shines with its inconsistency.
Be honest people. Do these films ever work? I don't even like the concept. I have yet to see a genuinely intelligent and funny romantic. comedy.
Is it just me or ought America to be ashamed?
The only one who could have made this movie any worse is Owen Wilson, the king of senseless romantic comedies.
The comedy is not very intelligent. There are loads of falling jokes who are supposed to be funny.
The jokes are bad, and the story shines with its inconsistency.
Be honest people. Do these films ever work? I don't even like the concept. I have yet to see a genuinely intelligent and funny romantic. comedy.
Is it just me or ought America to be ashamed?
Two for the price of one (?)
kosmasp13 June 2021
This is as silly as it can get. You have to be in the right mindset for it. I do like silly at times too, but there are things here that just don't work. Now yes the twins here are only 8 years or so ... but there have been way better performances in that age. On the other hand, was a better performance needed for the type of movie this is? Yes their sister is the way better actress as we found out (Elizabeth Olsen, in case you don't know, though right now with Wandavision and all the MCU things going on, I'd be surprised if you never heard of her) ... but that is not the issue at hand here.
So we also get Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg and one actress some people may recognize from Friends. Comically evil they say ... ridiculous is another word you could use. But again, it is a matter of your mindset ... I've never seen someone run down the aisle as fast as we get to see in this movie. Just don't take any moral lessons from this: no food fights (what a waste), no stealing horse and carriages either ... or whatever else is deemed as "funny" but is actually not in the real world ... yes I know this is just a movie. You may find certain things funnier than I did - that's how it works.
So we also get Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg and one actress some people may recognize from Friends. Comically evil they say ... ridiculous is another word you could use. But again, it is a matter of your mindset ... I've never seen someone run down the aisle as fast as we get to see in this movie. Just don't take any moral lessons from this: no food fights (what a waste), no stealing horse and carriages either ... or whatever else is deemed as "funny" but is actually not in the real world ... yes I know this is just a movie. You may find certain things funnier than I did - that's how it works.
for a bad day, quotable, nostalgic, hilarious and loveable
novagirl1112 February 2019
This is a great movie to watch when you're having a bad day, especially if you watched it as a kid. Along with Passport to Paris, this was one of the Olsen twins' movies that my sisters and I watched the most, over and over and over....so many great quotable one-liners in this (for kids and adults) Plus, Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg are hilarious and very lovable!
i cant believe my eyes
Homerjay61328 September 2004
this has to be one of the worst movies i have ever seen, how could you people think that this movie is 5? this is very sad and makes me uneasy about these user ratings. 5?!?!?!?!?! this movie, first of all, had an unrealistic scenario from the beginning. IDENTICAL STRANGERS?!?!?!?!?! how is that possible. the writing is horrendous, and the olsons don't even do anything, they just walk around and see if the two people are going to make out or not. plus, I'm pretty sure they would get their asses sued if they flew a helicopter in and took the girl away from her new LEGALIZED parents, i didn't even watch this movie really, my sister was watching it on TV and i could not believe the little that i saw and i am ashamed that i saw the little i did see
"The Parent Trap" can't hold a candle...
moviedude116 November 2008
The Olsen Twins take "The Parent Trap" to a new level as they agree to switch places to see how the other half lives. As the stars, they set the tone for the movie and keep it light-hearted throughout the film, with good and evil on both sides of the tracks waiting for them. Guttenberg and Alley turn in excellent performances, as well.
This movie is better than the original movie with Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara, in that they get actual twins to play the girls (although the Disney studios did a great job with Hayley Mills in the starring role). The big difference is that the Olsen twins don't play sisters, but are actual strangers who decide to hook the two adult stars up, one the father, who's a company mogul who made it big in the cell phone industry, and the other, a case worker for Social Services in an orphanage that spends a week at a summer camp built by deceased woman who was married to the cell phone mogul. When you throw in a gold-digging débutante about to catch her man, comedy ensues that even the most heavy-hearted adult can't help but enjoy.
It wouldn't be fair to compare this to 1961 without going the other way and comparing it to the film of the same name released three years later than this particular film in 1998. To be honest, I can't see myself comparing it to Lindsay Lohan, because there's a big difference between her and the Olsen Twins in more than just numbers. Well, maybe numbers DO make the difference, because I give this film 8 out of 10, but Lohan only gets 5 out of 10 (and I even like Dennis Quaid, as an actor). And I can't say anything nice about Lohan because I think she's...
Well, my mother always told me, "If you can't say anything nice about someone, keep your trap shut!"
This movie is better than the original movie with Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara, in that they get actual twins to play the girls (although the Disney studios did a great job with Hayley Mills in the starring role). The big difference is that the Olsen twins don't play sisters, but are actual strangers who decide to hook the two adult stars up, one the father, who's a company mogul who made it big in the cell phone industry, and the other, a case worker for Social Services in an orphanage that spends a week at a summer camp built by deceased woman who was married to the cell phone mogul. When you throw in a gold-digging débutante about to catch her man, comedy ensues that even the most heavy-hearted adult can't help but enjoy.
It wouldn't be fair to compare this to 1961 without going the other way and comparing it to the film of the same name released three years later than this particular film in 1998. To be honest, I can't see myself comparing it to Lindsay Lohan, because there's a big difference between her and the Olsen Twins in more than just numbers. Well, maybe numbers DO make the difference, because I give this film 8 out of 10, but Lohan only gets 5 out of 10 (and I even like Dennis Quaid, as an actor). And I can't say anything nice about Lohan because I think she's...
Well, my mother always told me, "If you can't say anything nice about someone, keep your trap shut!"
generally harmless fun
SnoopyStyle13 May 2016
Amanda Lemmon (Mary-Kate Olsen) is a tomboy orphan. She loves her case worker Diane Barrows (Kirstie Alley) but Diane is single and unable to adopt her. The orphans go to Camp Callaway which is set up by billionaire Roger Callaway (Steve Guttenberg) on the other side of the lake. By chance, Roger is the single father to Amanda's double Alyssa Callaway (Ashley Olsen). Roger is often absent and he surprises Alyssa by bringing back mean-spirited girlfriend Clarice Kensington (Jane Sibbett). Alyssa is further shocked by news of their impending marriage. When Alyssa and Amanda meet, they decide to switch places. After Clarice leaves on a trip, the girls agree to bring Roger and Diane together.
The plot is simplistic switcharoo and conveniently silly. In most of these movie, the twin roles are played by one actress. There is no denying that the Olsen twins are very charismatic. This is generally harmless and predictable. It's great for the little ones. It's way too predictable for older kids.
The plot is simplistic switcharoo and conveniently silly. In most of these movie, the twin roles are played by one actress. There is no denying that the Olsen twins are very charismatic. This is generally harmless and predictable. It's great for the little ones. It's way too predictable for older kids.
A family/kids movie, but made like a real motion picture
sammy10526 January 2003
I saw this movie back when I was 12; I liked it then, and still wouldn't mind seeing it again. Like all kids' movies, this movie has just a few corny kid moments that older viewers, especially teenagers, wouldn't prefer. But, unlike countless other movies, "The Parent Trap" included, this movie doesn't let all those annoying little things, like "I love you, honey! I love you with all my heart!..." get too far and make the viewer want to put a grim on his face and turn off the TV. They do it by using great acting skills by countless ingenious actors and actresses, and by not having a moment of nothing, but smiles, hugs, and extra-corny laughter get too long.
Also, another advantage this movie has over "The Parents Trap", is that even 'though the main characters are both young girls, and one is an orphan in a group home, they are never portrayed as completely helpless, and in need of adult supervision; throughout the whole movie, all the adventures and gigs the girls think-up and go through they do with the help of no one, but themselves, and constantly help each other when either would get in a tough spot. The reason this is such a big advantage for this film is that in most real life, and most movies we see, all the main action is done and held by adults, and kids are treated as little and somewhat spoiled helpless creatures, who can't take care of themselves. This fact, often unconsciously, bores and sickens the audience, sometimes even bringing feelings of disgust towards kids. But in this movie, this problem is dealt with masterfully. Not only do kids here do things all on their own, but many times the adults, when in the same situation, look up to to them for help and advice. I thought this movie was made with a beautiful plot, truly great acting, very nice camera work, and, very importantly, very good character development: enough time is taken to introduce every important character's life before getting anywhere near the main idea of the movie. I would, personally, give this movie a 10/10, hands down.
Also, another advantage this movie has over "The Parents Trap", is that even 'though the main characters are both young girls, and one is an orphan in a group home, they are never portrayed as completely helpless, and in need of adult supervision; throughout the whole movie, all the adventures and gigs the girls think-up and go through they do with the help of no one, but themselves, and constantly help each other when either would get in a tough spot. The reason this is such a big advantage for this film is that in most real life, and most movies we see, all the main action is done and held by adults, and kids are treated as little and somewhat spoiled helpless creatures, who can't take care of themselves. This fact, often unconsciously, bores and sickens the audience, sometimes even bringing feelings of disgust towards kids. But in this movie, this problem is dealt with masterfully. Not only do kids here do things all on their own, but many times the adults, when in the same situation, look up to to them for help and advice. I thought this movie was made with a beautiful plot, truly great acting, very nice camera work, and, very importantly, very good character development: enough time is taken to introduce every important character's life before getting anywhere near the main idea of the movie. I would, personally, give this movie a 10/10, hands down.
Why this movie was mediocre
kill-the-boxtrolls21 April 2009
Thea acting was probably 3.6 for Mary kate and ashley's performances, not the best out of this movie, but cute. and the movie was a naughty child thing but the movie was OK so it's because the acting was not terrible and not the best movie and acting of all, but it was good. So this movie is not bad connected to not horrible and not great but still I'll give it a 6.5 for some funny scenes and the acting scenes were pretty good so I'll be nice to the movie since it's old but I think a maybe 5 or 6 year old will like this movie and even some of the campers. This is a total rip copy off of the Parent traps movies and so I liked the Parent trap and this movie is still quite remarkable for 1995 but not the best year to release movies out,I thought the 2001 and the 2002's movies were quite remarkable and unforgettable like I am Sam or any other movie released out then in the 1990s but I guess 8 miles was a good movie too but beware that movie is rated R but for opinion I'll give this movie "A great of a comedy film" I say.
What happened Olsen twin's careers
cmc239213 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
People remember the Olsens started show Full House movie in mid 90s until career destroy. IT used funny back then no wit now viewed critic low below zeroes. Thanks god Elizabeth Olsen rise up great action heroine in Avenger. First the movie rip-off Mark Twain's Prince and Pauper analyzed Olsen switch rich and poor. Amanda and Alyssa live different cities. One has evil stepmother and and other had mother surrogate. Critic review tomato is 0 percents. The movie part of scene show one foster care douche are a not very likeable surround son with gangs pals/ Sandlot looking(w e want to know more where they came from. One junkyard toilet feel puke. ugh Both mates orphan top sides are not well likeable kids who are more Rascals. Ok Prince and Pauper start identical similar, the Olsen had switch their personality peer where they identified from their own background. Villain stepmom is very best forgettable villain scene but everytime it kind of cruel tool bullied mean prank by her dress took off all most nude. and Orphanage female worker resemble Michael Jackson's plastic surgery.
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