Truly Dreadful Film

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is an incredible story of love and growing up. The picture of love this story shows is that two people can be apart from one another for years, for a lifetime, but something heartwarming happens as these two people find each other. This story applies to any story of love and is seen more than one throughout the film. This love is seen when the mother and father realize that their "other" daughters have been living with them for some time. The show is also filled with youthfulness as two young girls creatively put their minds together in the search to bring their parent's marriage together once again. The show takes place as two girls meet up at a summer camp. After running into some trouble and being forced to stay in a detention cabin together the girls realize that they are a sister. They come up with a plan to go back home to the others' house. The girls plan to bring their parents together for a big meeting in efforts to keep the father from marrying his new girlfriend. This is a story of finding true love.

The Parent Trap is a must watch for all – kids and elders. This well-made comedy will tickle your senses and leave you smiling and laughing. It is an out-and-out family entertainment! In fact, this film is a rare remake which is as enjoyable as the original one (a 1961 film with the same name).The amazing thing is that this film was the directorial debut for writer Nancy Meyers. In fact, most of her films (What Women Want, The Intern, The Holiday) have attracted critical appreciations.Why should movies be only about sci-fi, action and adventure? Why can't they also be about comedy or drama that touches your soul or tickles your senses? MERITS of The Parent Trap 1 – The film is well-scripted with some great acting (by the late Natasha Richardson & Dennis Quaid)and lovely funny dialogues.For example, I loved the sarcastic description of Meredith Blake (the unwanted fiancée of the twins' father) as "Oh that lady with long legs, tight skirts and bare back!" You will love it when you watch it in the film. Or how about Meredith being called "Cruella De Ville" by one of the twins (how thoughtful of the dialogue writer to think of such a creative description)? Absolutely hilarious!2 – The funny scenes, instead of being the in-your-face kind (like in Jim Carrey movies), are very creative and lovable.3 – The centre of attraction of the film is a pair of sister twins of school-going age who thought of a clever plan to bring their estranged parents together. Since very few films are made with kids as the main characters, this indeed is a welcome relief.4 – Never knew that the gorgeous Lindsay Lohan was a child artist (in 1998) who played the role of twins to perfection. She is very cute and lovable and, more importantly, has endearing acting skills. She is a must watch for all kids.You will love to hear her switching between two accents, American and English. Couldn't believe how a child artist could do that! Of course, what happened to her career and life later on is a sad story.5 – The supporting characters are equally good to watch. For example, I just burst into laughter when the butler for Natasha Richardson suddenly started crying in one scene muttering about how happy he feels. That cry will make anyone ROFL! 6 – The very smart special effect of seeing a realistic-looking ear-piercing of one of the twins by her sister.7 – This film is worth seeing several times within a span of 12 months.DEMERITS of The Parent Trap 1 – It'd have been better had the character of Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix) been given more reel time as an anti-thesis to the twins causing them much headache and the twins would have gone about "playing" with her in the funniest of ways and giving Meredith few headaches.

The parent trap is a wonderful treat staring Lindsey Lohan as two twin girl desperately trying to get their parents back together when they find out their dad will remarry. Now the girls have a week to get their parents on the same continent and before the bows are said in less then a week.Lindsey was magnificent in her first major film and blew audience's around the world away. She was cute, innocent and funny.The style is smooth, fast paced and keeps you on your toes. I never saw a remake out do the original and have its one unique story instead of copying it completely.Mar is a superb villain with her rich girl snobbery, evil smirk and over the top threats towards the girls. She makes Cinderella's stepmother look like a stepford life.The parents, Nick and Elizabeth, had chemistry, were cute and enduring as two people still in love with each other yet afraid to admit it.Another aspect I loved was the side story of the help Jesse and Martain as they fall in love helping the girls with their schemes.The parent trap is an excellent family film and highly recommended.

Their parents divorced when they were babies, Mum Elizabeth raising Annie in London and Dad Nick raising Hallie in California, and neither of the identical twin girls knew the other existed. They meet at summer camp and decide to switch places so that they can both get to know the missing parent they have always yearned for, with a view to reuniting them. Their plan becomes complicated because Nick is planning to marry golddigger Meredith.Walt Disney's 1998 remake of its earlier version has 11-year old Lindsey Lohan replacing Hayley Mills in the dual roles of Hallie and Annie. The rest of the cast, headed by Dennis Quaid as Nick and Natasha Richardson as Lizzie, are all excellent, but Lohan is superb. She creates two characters who are similar but different, and copes easily with four accents - English, American, English doing American and American doing English. The special effects which place her in the same scene with herself are superb: the split screen of the original version is enhanced with digital effects which are absolutely seamless.And the film - which doesn't bear close examination in terms of plot, though that really doesn't matter- is huge fun, performed with great good humour, and some emotional heart.