Absolutely the worst movie.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The first must-see film of the year.

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

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.

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.

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.