Too much of everything

A Major Disappointment

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

Oh, the nostalgia! "The Parent Trap" is my kind of movie. Why? I love sweet, funny movies, it came out the year I was born (I basically grew up with it) and, since my childhood, I always wished I had a twin sibling. The film itself is FANTASTIC. Lindsay Lohan and the supporting actors were great, it actually looked like Lindsay Lohan had a twin, the story was both funny and touching. I LOVE IT!!!! I have no idea why this movie has a 70% audience approval on rotten tomatoes. It deserves at least a 90!As for a flaw, there was one. I wish we spent more time at the camp with the twins. That was the film's best part!

The parents trapThis is an interesting film. I loved it. Lindsay Lohan acted in main character, who is my favorite actor. The end of the film I'm so excited. It was so delighted and lovely. I think it is the best film I have seen before.

I don't know why other posters have said this movie is cute, romantic, filled with heart etc. These two parents had twins and each took one and never let them know about each other or know about the other parent. The mother took one back to England and the father kept one in AmericaThen the kids meet at 11yrs old at a camp in America (as if kids from London want to go to camps there?) and decide thy want their parents back together. The father has a new fiancé (who he also didn't introduce to his daughter until 2 weeks before their wedding? (who does that other than someone selfish?)). His new fiancé is only after him for his money and he is only after her for the bedroom antics and "young trophy wife" benefits. Again selfishness all around the two kids. Even when his daughter says she always wanted a mother he still didn't tell her she has a mother. The fiancé is quickly removed from the scene by the two kids ganging up on her and her showing her true colors. In the end the girls get what they want and the parents end up together seemingly romantically and forever (because we can expect that from selfish people in a Hollywood movie).

The Parent Trap (1998): Dir: Nancy Meyers / Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Polly Holiday, Elaine Hendrix: Remake of 1961 classic referring to twins who conspire to bring their parents back together. They are a symbol of meaning to both adults. Twins discover their birthright at summer camp after their parents split fourteen years ago. In an attempt to get them back together they switch places. The outcome is so obvious that when one character says, "Who would've thought, my nanny, your butler?" Directed by Nancy Meyers who remains faithful to the original despite the little if anything the film really offers. What it does present is a great double performance by a leading lady who gives the film more than it deserves. Lindsay Lohan chews scenery as the twins despite travelling ground that has been travelled. Thankfully her charm elevates it but doesn't save it. Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson play the typical parental figures. Three years prior to this Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen starred in the dreary It Takes Two as if changing the title would create a sense of originality. It was the same stupid pitiful storytelling that this tired remake would attempt to capitalize upon. Of course, this film is aimed at children who may delight in Lohan's ability to do what it took two Olsens to do. Pointless sequel proves that Hollywood has fallen into a trap of no good ideas. Score: 3 ½ / 10