The Parent Trap (1998)

 We love this movie
My 7 year old loves this movie. She watches it on tape and every time it's on TV. I find myself sitting and watching it with her often. Just a good Disney movie with a happy ending. May 4, 2008

 Sharp Modernized Remake of a Disney Classic
I was a huge fan of the 1961 original film version of "The Parent Trap" during my formative years. Hayley Mills gave a lively and spry performance in her dual role as the twin sisters raised on opposite sides of the U.S. who meet at a girl's camp, discover the truth about their relationship amid some antagonism, and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Some 37 years later, audiences had the pleasure of viewing an innocent red-haired freckle-faced Lindsay Lohan inhabit the same role with a squirrel-like, beady-eyed impishness.
Free-spirited Hallie Parker arrives at Camp Walden from the vineyard where she lives with her father, Nick (Dennis Quaid) in Napa Valley, California. She makes friends, but soon has an initially unfortunate run-in with a more conservatively raised look-alike camp mate from England named Annie James, the daughter of London-based fashion designer Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson). The two begin a series of malicious pranks against each other and their tentmates, which ultimately result in the camp leader (Polly Holiday) sending them to the Isolation Tent. Gradually, the girls address their grievances, and in talking, discover they're twins, and form a plan of action that will enable them to get to know the parent they had missed, and ultimately bring their parents back together.
Their isolation from other camp mates gives them more time to focus on each other and their plan. Annie undergoes a few physical alterations(Haircut, ear-piercing) to make her look more like her twin.
When Hallie travels to London, all goes smoothly, and she is brought home by her family's posh but hip butler, Martin (Simon Kuntz). She meets her grandfather(Ronnie Stevens) as he is in his study. But her reunion with her mother is a particularly emotional one.
Soon the two pass the famous Abbey Road as they cover the brief distance between home and Elizabeth's fashion studio. Hallie is deeply impressed and excited seeing her mother at work, but drops subtle hints about Annie's desire to know her father.
Annie arrives in California as Hallie, greeted by her father and her strong and warm-hearted nanny, Chessy(Lisa Ann Walter). But there is a hitch in the sisters' plan to reunite their parents when publicist Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix), whom Nick began dating while Hallie was at camp, sets her sights on becoming the next Mrs. Parker, and Annie and Chessy know she is only in it for Nick's money.
Accompanied by Martin, Elizabeth and Hallie travel to California so that the twins can be switched back.
As the parties involved arrive at the Stafford Hotel in San Francisco, we are treated to a cameo by the original "Parent Trap" cast member, Joanna Barnes--once the vixen to be eliminated--now playing the mother of one.The major parties pass each other by , but eventually converge, and the meeting of the two servants provides an interesting subplot.The reunion of the two ex-spouses here is less volatile than in the 1961 version and Natasha Richardson has a chance to be less dignified, and in fact, goofier than Maureen O'Hara.
The parents dine together amicably when the girls recreate their first date, but the next day, it appears the two halves of the family will remain apart, and Nick Parker take the treacherous Meredith as his bride.
What will the girls do? All they have in their favor are the remaining days of summer, a significant outing, and the power of identicallness. Will it be enough? April 23, 2008

 a great remake
this lovely movie is so much different from the original that it can be considered a totally different story with the same theme. i am a great fan of the original and i find this remake absolutely wonderful and full of fun. i keep both side by side on the shelf. i highly recommend this as well as the original with hayley mills. February 17, 2008

 Very Cute Movie
This is such a cute movie. It is so easy to enjoy. You would think this would be a movie only for kids but both my husband and I both enjoy the movie. If you have kids, it is a must buy movie. Both kids and adults will enjoy. December 28, 2007

 Parent Trap
The DVD, The Parent Trap, was very good. In fact it was better than
the original, in my opinion. December 23, 2007

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