Surprisingly incoherent and boring

A Masterpiece!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

As corny and ridiculous as all get out...but still, there's an undeniable, good-natured charm to everything thanks to the fluffiness of the tone and a lovely performance by Lohan. And the nanny is the absolute best.

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).

One week ago I was shopping in a mall (kind of) in Madrid, and I saw an offer that I couldn't refuse: "The Parent Trap" (1998 Lindsay Lohan's version, directed by Nancy Meyers). I bought it, obviously, and I watched it the same night.Delightful! And still fresh.How can anyone say that the first one —with all my respects— is better than this one? I understand that "sobre gustos no hay nada escrito" —"There is no accounting for taste", more or less—, but... come on!Lindsay Lohan is so good! Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson —a pity that she left us so early— are heavenly charming. Chessy (Lisa Ann Walter), the extravagant Martin (Simon Kunz) and the "maleficent" Meredith (Elaine Hendrix), are really funny. What about Ronnie Stevens, the posh English granddaddy!? And, of course, a brilliant idea: the first "Meredith Blake" (I mean "Vicky Robinson"), Joanna Barnes, becomes Meredith's mother —that is, Vicki Blake— in the second.In short, it is a delightful family movie with only one goal: to entertain. And it does.PS. I have to clarify that my votes are not (will never be) based on "artistic qualities" or things like that, but on the movie's ability to amuse me: I'm only a film lover, not a frustrated film maker.

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