The Parent Trap (1998)

Very well executed

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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.

This is one of those few movies that I can watch again and again. There are so many parts of it that I love so much. There are so many tender moments. And also so many laugh out louds. I don't LOL much any more for movies or TV, but I do in this movie, even after watching it so many times.Some of my favorite scenes are the firsts for each girl. Hallie seeing London and her mom. Annie seeing California and her dad. Chessy figuring it out and trying to hold back tears. Grandfather at the phone booth. Hallie pulling the covers over head and saying we have to go see Annie. Nick in the elevator seeing Elizabeth. If you can watch all these things and more happen and go "ho hum", I guess you won't like this movie, but for me they all hit me in the gut every time.The choreography, if you can call it that, is wonderful especially at the hotel. Nick tells one girl, Hallie I think, to watch Meredith. Then he runs into Annie on a different floor and isn't quite sure. And it just keeps going.And I haven't even gotten to the tricks the girls played on Cruella. After the face-off between Meredith and Annie, you knew it was going to come to that.Oh Lindsay Lohan, you were so good and then you grew up.Natasha Richardson overplayed some things just a little, especially the drunk. But it still mostly fits in this type of movie. Likewise Simon Kunz.

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