It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton John star in this first class stinker. Trouble is they should have done some singing here. Perhaps, that would have enlivened a poorly constructed plot.When the Lord announces to his angels that he will destroy the bad world once again, everyone pins their hopes on a hopeless inventor, who owes the mob money and resorts to holding up a bank, and the teller he involves in this action.You can just imagine how bad this film is when Beatrice Straight, surprise Oscar winner for "Network," in 1976, appears as an angel. Forget it.The ending is as contrived as the rest of the film. Perfect casting is created by the addition of Oliver Reed, a much heavier devil.We all hope for salvation but this 1983 is beyond that.

One of the saddest things about the end of the 1970s is that most folks in Hollywood didn't realize until too late that they were over. I can honestly say I truly noticed how music,TV and movies all entered a grand state of confusion and lack of direction."Two Of A Kind" plays the card of "let's put Travolta and Olivia in another film". An all too obvious bait on a hook to attract movie goers and what fans they still had. The trouble is,they don't sing or dance in this movie,which is why everyone loved them in "Grease" and why women loved Travolta in that and "Saturday Night Fever".The plot,as stated elsewhere is divine intervention from Heaven has to help bing these two unlikely mates together or the world is doomed! This also has to be done without interfering with "free-will". Despite the fact that they "do" interfere with it.Travolta robs the bank that ONJ works at and this sets up the mostly forgettable story. It typically works out in the end,this is a "romantic comedy" after all.....I guess.Olivia Newton-John has never really been an actress and although she shined greatly playing Sandy,she never really had a better part afterwards. Two years after this film,the hit songs stopped coming for her and we all know what happened to Travolta. This and other films like "Stayin' Alive" and "Perfect" tumbled John from the movie idol mountain-top for quite a few years.As for "Two Of A Kind",it's good enough for simple escapist entertainment but for serious movie watchers who expect more,I doubt they'd take up their time with it. I still like it though,but not like I did in '83.(Would you believe I chose this over "Scarface" that night? )

Just reading the other review... I don't think anyone was betrayed.I watch a movie to see acting. I don't look back at what the actors may have done in the past. In this one, both John and Olivia did a GOOD job. The movie was done to give us the idea they could do something dramatic with some comedic aspect. I think that most people had saw and locked them into the musical motif. Some people can see an actor in something and never able to see them in another production without thinking of the first. We have seen John perform seriously in Urban Cowboy, Pulp Fiction or The General's Daughter. And his comedic through Welcome Back, Kotter. As for Olivia, the only major movies she had were Xanadu and Grease. This film gave them the chance to show their acting abilities. The story of film is kinda lame, but who knows what God might have up his sleeve. It would be interesting to find out that he is just like Gene Hackman. And to find out that he liked Shakespeare. LOL. But it has the same things that many people might feel: Though we are a bit arrogant and a tad selfish, there is selfless love in us. Course, some of the characters around them can be considered very stereotypical with a little exaggeration. But the movies always take some aspect and exaggerates it a little.The actors are out there to present an aspect of life for an individuals entertainment. No matter how bad the story line or use of music, they do their best to make it seem real. The directors job is to make sure that the script placed before them is what the writer wants and can make it believable.

This movie is a classic(well at least a cult classic!) You have Travolta and Olivia back together,a very cute premise,And a splash of drama mixed in with the comedy! The chemistry between John and Olivia is turned up another notch in this vehicle,and Olivia Swears!!! (that was the reason a lot of us went to see it again and again) and although not a musical,you have one of the greatest 80's power pop anthems,Twist of Fate!! This is the only Film Livvy did during her Hot Blooded Vamp days, So if you like you Diva from Down under with an Attitude, T.O.A.K. is the flick for you!!!