Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

elainehowie This film is pretty amazing from start to finish. The Parent Trap is very entertaining and has a simple and fun storyline. It is generally very enjoyable and the acting is really great, especially the twins and Merideth. It is definitely a film for all ages to enjoy.

ird-43426 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.

Brucey D There are doubtless young folk who will judge this film on its own merits but for the rest of us it is impossible not to compare this film with the original.Viewed in isolation I think it would have been difficult to round up a better cast (they are all basically excellent) and the film is very well made. The tweaks to the plot vs the original do give it a nice twist, too. I did enjoy watching it.But there are problems; firstly the premise is still flawed; what kind of parents would willingly separate their offspring and keep the existence of their identical twin a secret? Second, nice English Girls do not get sent to 'summer camp' in the USA. Third, Lohan's English accent -though very good- isn't quite there.On the subject of accents, I'm sure that Lohan's is good enough for most folk in the USA to be convinced of Englishness, and it isn't distracting (e.g. in a Dick Van Dyke way...) or anything. But it isn't quite there either; I'd give it a 9/10.In hindsight both the lead actress in the original film and this one grew up pretty quickly after making their respective versions. It was only three years later that Hayley Mills turned into the young lady we saw in 'The Truth About Spring' and likewise it wasn't long after this that Lindsay Lohan started 'growing up in public' too. In Lohan's case it is difficult not to view all that as an incredible waste.Anyway, this is a good film, but I think the original version still edges it.

Neil Welch 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.