Twins (1988)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I just love the story of this movie and all the incidents happening in them. this shows how best movies were back in the 80's.lovely songs used in the movie.i no doubt would watch it over and over again.and i would recommend anyone to watch this movie.can anybody let me know the name of the song in the start when Danny hides under the table? it's such a nice slow song.Arnie is just in shape even though he's left bodybuilding back in this movie.this is another favorite movie of Arnie which i love.even though it's been 25years it just feels like today brings back old memories from the 80'si really wish if such movie like this comes out today.

This movie is so typical Ivan Reitman. It is a poor comedy tied together with a very poor plot. Okay, not all Reitman movies are this bad, Kindergarten Cop is quite reasonable, and funny, but Twins is not. It is a movie that consists of a poor attempt at humour based around two shallow and clichéd characters.The whole premise of this movie is that Arnold Schwartzenegger and Danny DeVito are supposed to be twins but as they look completely different, nobody believes them. This joke works, well it doesn't work. Instead it is trying to drag humour out of something that was probably funny when we first saw it, but is not funny any more.The two characters, Julius and Vincent, are supposed to be opposites, yet twins. They were both the product of a genetic experiment. Julius was raised on a desert island and is very strong and smart. He is also very naive. Vincent was raised in an orphanage and is short and not that intelligent, yet he is very street smart. Thus the movie comes down to these two solving problems, one with his strength and intelligence, while the other with his wit.This is a reasonable premise, except the movie is dragged down by the characters interacting. This is not a problem except that all of the characters are quite shallow. Marnie is basically a blonde bimbo who is attracted by Julius' strength and doesn't really seem to care about his intelligence. In fact, the whole idea of sex and love is degraded to pure lust in this film.Twins is a dull and boring movie. It does not seem to have any idea of what type of movie it is. It begins as a search for a long lost brother, then into some sort of conspiracy movie, and ending as a road movie. It is not consistent, and the final scene is just so corny. It is very much a "everybody lives happily ever after" type scene that makes me sick. Personally I would give this movie a miss.

A top secret experiment by the American government produces a perfect human, arguably, with the birth of bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Julius Benedict). He lives on a peaceful, remote island in the South Pacific. After 35 years, Mr. Schwarzenegger heads out to Hollywood, where he'll find long-lost twin brother Danny DeVito (as Vincent Benedict). A short, fat and balding (fraternal) twin, Mr. DeVito was considered a genetic mishap and disposed of in an orphanage. He grows up to be a petty criminal. After the brothers meet, they set out to find their long-lost mother, who may or may not be dead...The funniest part of this film is the title and concept. If you like Schwarzenegger and/or DeVito, you're likely laughing before the movie begins. Most of the humor is in seeing Schwarzenegger adapt to the outside world. Meanwhile, DeVito keeps the story going by stealing a car worth $5 million. They have a good rapport and work well with director Ivan Reitman. Sex is presented in a pair of tightly-attired sisters, Kelly Preston (as Marnie Mason) and Chloe Webb (as Linda Mason). Genetically absurd, "Twins" becomes cartoon-like violent and goes nowhere, but still continues to draw a chuckle now and then.****** Twins (12/8/88) Ivan Reitman ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb

Throw plausibility out of the window, and you will enjoy one of the most high concept comedies of the late eighties.The pitch must have been magical ' Schwarzenegger and Devito play twins'. The studio must have seen the dollar signs before their eyes.It's simple enough, they look nothing alike, make Arnold appear to be as soft as anything (something that would have totally been against type for him back then), the obligatory fish out of water jokes, and then throw in a maguffin, to act as a plot.But then these films are not made for narrative structure, they are made to entertain, and it does it by the numbers. They meet, he doesn't believe him, something happens everyday that is alien to Julius, they fall in love, go on a road trip, fall out and then make up with an extra happy ending.The two stars are brilliant in the titular role, and tried to repeat the magic six years later, but failed.For a family movie, its a little violent, it's very very eighties, but you will have fun, that's for sure.