hyped garbage

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

"The Parent Trap," is the third film in Hayley Mills' young career, and her second with Walt Disney. She made her film debut in 1959 with her father, John Mills, in a British mystery-thriller, "Tiger Bay." Disney then signed her to a five-year contract. Her American film debut was in 1960 in "Pollyanna." After its success, the making of "Parent Trap" in 1960 proved to be a test for Mills and the whole Disney studio. Most people will know the plot of this film. It's based on a German story by Erich Kastner. Mills is delightful in her dual role as twin sisters, Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick. Beyond the strange situation of parents divorcing and separating their twin daughters shortly after birth, this film has an endearing story and a script to match it. The roles of her parents are played very well by Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith, as Maggie McKendrick and Mitch Evers. Mitch is the source of much of the humor. A fine supporting cast adds to the luster of the film, and a good amount of the humor. Joanna Barnes is very funny as Vicky Robinson, Leo G. Carroll is hilarious as Rev. Dr. Mosby, and Charles Ruggles is warmly humorous as the maternal grandfather, Charles McKendrick. Of course, the twins (Hayley and Hayley) are perpetrators of many of the humorous situations. Mills went on to make several successful films with Disney and the major studios until 1976. Her film career fizzled at the age of 30 after she married a director 33 years her senior in 1971. Roy Boulting's management of her career led to some poor movies. So, at an age when many stars are ascending the ladder and just beginning their best years, Hayley Mills' film career was all but washed up. She and Boulting divorced in 1976, but she never recovered even a part of her star status in film. She made just a few films after that over the years. Those were interspersed with appearances in several TV series, and her return to the stage. She returned for a sequel to "The Parent Trap," a TV movie in 1989. Mills received no major acting awards or nominations beyond the mid-1960s. She was the last person to receive an honorary Academy Award Juvenile Oscar – in 1961 for "Pollyanna." She won a Golden Globe in 1960 for "Pollyanna" as most promising female newcomer; and she won the BAFTA award as most promising newcomer in 1959 for "Tiger Bay." She was nominated for Golden Globes in 1963 (for "The Parent Trap" of 1961) and 1964 (for "Summer Magic" of 1963). "The Parent Trap" is a popular film many decades after its making, and it will likely remain so well into the future, for three reasons. First is the timeless nature of the story. Second – Disney put it in settings that are still familiar well into the 21st century. And third, because of its technical achievements for which it remains one of the best film examples. This was one of the first films to use a single actor in two roles – as twins. A number of different techniques were used to shoot the twins. Disney special effects guru, Ub Iwerks, pioneered many technical advances in the film industry, beginning with the split screen technique in this film.It wasn't until years later that the public learned of a double who was used for the film. Susan Henning so closely resembled Hayley Mills that she played the opposite twin in all the scenes when only one was facing the camera. But, scenes in which both twins faced the camera, called for the split screen. These scenes were shot twice, with each girl switching roles. That meant complete costume and prop exchanges. In each shoot, the film is exposed only on the half in which Hayley is the character. Thus, when the film was processed, the two performers would be the same person – Hayley. There was much more detail to get this right and to match, and a 2002 bonus featurette with the movie goes into that. In it, Susan Henning-Schutte said she didn't mind being uncredited. She said she had a ball with Hayley and that it was a fun project for the whole cast and studio. Of course, no one knew all the details when this film came out in 1961, and audiences just figured it was the "magic" of Hollywood being able to shoot the same person as twins and putting it on the screen. For all that the public knew this film starred Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills. A modern Disney DVD release has two films – this one and "The Parent Trap II" of 1989. And, it comes with a separate disc that has bonus material. The short documentaries on the latter are well worth the time to watch. "Caught in the Act: The Making of the Parent Trap" tells how the film came about and was made. "Who's the Twin" delves into the challenges of filming the same person as twins. Another short is on the Sherman Brothers and the songs for the film. And, there's much more with interviews of stars and crew members, mixed with snippets of Walt Disney and production stills. It's a nice bonus for those who are interested in the art and craft of making movies.

Vicki exclaims, "Are you inferring that I'd marry your father for his money?" "If the shoe fits, wear it," responds Sharon.The Parent Trap, filmed in 1961, is about twin girls that meet each other at a summer camp. The girls do not get along because they look like each other (as weird as that sounds) and get in trouble because of the games and pranks that cause mischief. The girls get sent into the same cabin as punishment. They have to learn how to work together for the rest of the summer camp. One day Susan and Sharon decide to converse with each other. They share information about where they are from, and things they like to do. Sharon shares that she lives with her mom, and Susan shares that she lives alone with her dad. After a few more comparisons, they realize that they are long lost twins. Sharon and Susan use the rest of the summer camp to get to know each other and their families. Sharon cuts her hair the same as Susan because they decide to switch places. Sharon takes Susan's place at home, and Susan takes Sharon's place. Sharon meets her father, Mitch, for the first time and comes to realize that her father is in love with another young lady named Vicki. Vicki wants to marry the twins' father because of his wealth. Sharon calls Susan and begs her to bring their mother to California so she can stop the wedding. Susan and her mother fly out to California so they can get this confusion resolved. Sharon and Susan plan to destroy their father's wedding plans. Sharon and Susan set up romantic dinners for their mother and father. Sharon and Susan's mother, Maggie, meets Vicki, she does her best to embarrass Mitch. Maggie does not want Mitch to get married to Vicki because she secretly still loves Mitch. Sharon and Susan do everything they can to stop all wedding plans with Mitch and Vicki. The family plans a camping trip and Vicki throws a fit. Vicki does not want Maggie to come because she is the 'ex-wife'. Sharon and Susan are disappointed when they found out that their mother will not be coming on the camping trip. They plan to prank Vicki on the camping trip because they know how much Vicki does not enjoy the outdoors. Vicki did not enjoy the camping trip with Mitch and the girls because of the pranks Sharon and Susan pull. Sharon and Susan had lots of practice at summer camp, so they were pros at pranking Vicki, and getting her to not like the girls. Sharon and Susan gained up on Vicki to make her leave. Vicki called off the wedding because she was fed up with the girls. Mitch, of course, picked his girls over Vicki. Maggie was secretly overjoyed with this news when they came home from camping. Mitch and Maggie end up falling in love for the second time. Sharon and Susan could finally live together without switching places.The climax of the movie is when Susan and Sharon find out that Mitch is wanting to get remarried to Vicki. The movie now has a problem, and it's now the screenwriter's job to come up with a solution. The girls tell their mother, Maggie, and she is not thrilled about the news. The screenwriter uses Maggie to notice the problem and fix it. Maggie drops little hints in the movie to show that she is still interested in Mitch. Does Mitch recognize those hints?Mitch does not recognize that Maggie still loves him. Mitch has to figure out if Vicki is the right person to marry, or if he truly loves Maggie. It was made clearly that Maggie has already made up her mind, and goes to visit Mitch to win his heart back. Susan and Sharon have decided that once they get their parents back together, they can live together and not have to travel to see each other. Susan and Sharon think that this is the answer to the problem. The twins don't know that getting back together after a divorce is not an easy thing. Mitch and Maggie would have to work out all sorts of problems to get it to work, and what if they don't really love each other? Susan and Sharon were very lucky because it works out for them.

The movie The Parent Trap starts off with your main characters Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick. You first meet the two girls at a summer camp. From the most they set eyes on each other they hate each other, it might have been because they look so much alike. After pulling several pranks on each other the girls end up stuck in a cabin together! One stormy day they start to talk to each other and find out that Sharon only has a Mom and Susan only has a Dad! They put it together that they are twin sisters! They decide to switch lives so they can meet there other parent. They then try and pull there parents back together.The Parent Trap was a very family friendly movie. There were several times to laugh during the movie, but it definitely had a deeper meaning. This is definitely a movie to watch with the whole family. It was a very interesting story, that kept you not wanting to see it end. It is nice to know that they are bringing their family back together. It really shows the importance of having families together helping each other. I would definitely give this movie a good rating.

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.