dweilermg-1 I saw original 1961 Parent Trap as a 12 year old pre-teen who fell in love with Hayley Mills. Year later I saw 1998 remake with Lindsay Lohan as the dad of a young daughter this time I saw it from a different perspective. The original version (Hayley Mills) is indeed a great Disney classic but the remake (Lindsay Lohan) improves on the original story and is also great. The Chessy and Martin characters indeed added a new dimension to the story.

Dalbert Pringle Oh-me! Oh-my! Kids of super-rich parents sure do have it tough.Yep. They sure do - Especially when mommie-dearest and daddie-dearest have been divorced for 13 years and at this point these 2 ever-loving little brats (out of their own selfish interest) take it upon themselves to seriously meddle into the personal affairs of these adults, going to the most extreme lengths imaginable to bring good, ol' mom and dad back together again.This film's story deals (in a fairly flaky fashion) with the antics of a pair of identical twins. And, I, for one, found it absolutely impossible to believe that when Susan and Sharon were separated shortly after birth that their parents (getting divorced from each other at the time, with each parent taking only one of the girls for themselves) never, ever told that child about the respective twin sister that they had.I mean - Like, c'mon - How frickin' mean, nasty and petty can 2 divorcing parents get? Eh? For the most part The Parent Trap's story (a misguided mix of slapstick and sophistication) just didn't work very well. From my perspective (as a thinking adult), I quickly found the story-line to be far too contrived, far too short on laughs, and far too full of gaping plot holes to be worth any more than a dismal 4-star rating.

kennethtownsend-97230 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.

Lee Eisenberg 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.