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The Parent Trap

Caught in a merry marital mix-up!

7.0 / 10

129 minutes

1961-05-13

English

US

Actors :

Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Cathleen Nesbitt, Una Merkel, Joanna Barnes, Linda Watkins, Crahan Denton, Leo G. Carroll, Ruth McDevitt, Nancy Kulp, Irene Tedrow, Frank De Vol, Kay Cole

Description

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

6/23/2021, 3:58:40 PM

I've always heard of this, and its later remake, but never got around to watching it. I have now and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Hayley Mills, just like in <em>'Pollyanna'</em>, is infectious so you can't help but like her character(s). She does a respectable job playing two parts here, the camera work and editing in that regard is exceptionally good - I didn't notice any major issues with the spe...

Kamurai

Kamurai

6/23/2021, 3:58:40 PM

Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend if you've seen any other Parent Trap and not this one. This holds up surprisingly well: Hayley Mills did an excellent job playing both of the girls. I questioned it once, but I honestly thought it was two different people during the movie. That might explain why so much of the movie looked like green screen even though they establish...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/18/2022, 4:30:49 PM

Hayley Mills is pretty skilful in this spirited effort from David Swift. She plays posh sister "Sharon" and not so posh sibling "Susan" who meet at one of those summer camps that parents offload their unwanted children to during the long holidays. Needless to say, they cannot stand one another and after causing havoc for just about everyone else, are forced into isolation. It is during this confin...