The Parent Trap (1998)

This is an incredible story of love and growing up. The picture of love this story shows is that two people can be apart from one another for years, for a lifetime, but something heartwarming happens as these two people find each other. This story applies to any story of love and is seen more than one throughout the film. This love is seen when the mother and father realize that their "other" daughters have been living with them for some time. The show is also filled with youthfulness as two young girls creatively put their minds together in the search to bring their parent's marriage together once again. The show takes place as two girls meet up at a summer camp. After running into some trouble and being forced to stay in a detention cabin together the girls realize that they are a sister. They come up with a plan to go back home to the others' house. The girls plan to bring their parents together for a big meeting in efforts to keep the father from marrying his new girlfriend. This is a story of finding true love.

I will never not love Disney's The Parent Trap. It's pure escapist fun with a delightful setup that pays off big time with laughs, heart and and a classic story of mistaken identity. Lindsey Lohan, back when she still resembled a human being, is endlessly adorable as both sides of a set of twins, separated at birth, who meet serendipitously at summer camp. Hallie is a laid back California chick with attitude to spare, and Annie a buttoned down, introverted London gal. They cross paths, become the best of friends and each begin to yearn for the parent they never had. Soon they hatch a cunning plan to switch places on their parents in hopes of getting them back together. At the end of the summer Annie goes back to Napa Valley as Halley, and Halley to London, as Annie. That's when the fun really begins. Dennis Quaid displays his easygoing charm and mile wide smile as their father, a vineyard owner, and Natasha Richardson (RIP:() is heavenly as their radiant mother, a wedding dress designer. Veteran DOP Dean Cundey expertly sails through London archways and sweeping sun dappled valleys, creating a gorgeous playground for the actors to bring this excellent comedy, with surprisingly mature emotional beats, to life. The plot draws us in further as the girls attempt to sabotage Quaid's wedding to a horrible gold digging banshee (Elaine Hendrix, syrupy slime). It's all set to a lighthearted comforting rhythm, and looks fantastic on scree. I grew up with this one, and keep revisiting it again and again.

The Parent Trap (1998): Dir: Nancy Meyers / Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Polly Holiday, Elaine Hendrix: Remake of 1961 classic referring to twins who conspire to bring their parents back together. They are a symbol of meaning to both adults. Twins discover their birthright at summer camp after their parents split fourteen years ago. In an attempt to get them back together they switch places. The outcome is so obvious that when one character says, "Who would've thought, my nanny, your butler?" Directed by Nancy Meyers who remains faithful to the original despite the little if anything the film really offers. What it does present is a great double performance by a leading lady who gives the film more than it deserves. Lindsay Lohan chews scenery as the twins despite travelling ground that has been travelled. Thankfully her charm elevates it but doesn't save it. Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson play the typical parental figures. Three years prior to this Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen starred in the dreary It Takes Two as if changing the title would create a sense of originality. It was the same stupid pitiful storytelling that this tired remake would attempt to capitalize upon. Of course, this film is aimed at children who may delight in Lohan's ability to do what it took two Olsens to do. Pointless sequel proves that Hollywood has fallen into a trap of no good ideas. Score: 3 ½ / 10

It was good pretty good casting especially for Lindesay Lohan's first movie but way better than the first Parent Trap my younger sister like absolutely loves and adores this movie she always demands that we watch it on long car trip rides or any kind of road trip actually it is her favorite movie so I am guessing this might actually appeal a lot to younger kids especially girls. So yeah I guess I will always watch it if I have to but not as much as my younger sister wants to definitely! So yeah check it out but then you can go to one of Lindsey Lohan's newer and recent movies or films or releases and see how see just how much she has changed and grew and is now more dirty Hollywood style!