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The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap (1961)

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We get a double dose of Hayley Mills in this Disney vehicle: she plays 13-year-old identical twins Susan and Sharon, who meet for the very first time in summer camp. They soon learn that they were separated at a very early age when their parents Mitch and Maggie (Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara) divorced. On a lark, the girls switch places: the one living with Mitch goes back home with Maggie, and vice versa. Mitch is planning to remarry the "wrong woman," vituperative Vicky (Joanna Barnes). The

G, 2 hr. 7 min.

Kids & Family, Romance, Classics, Comedy

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Erich Kästner, David Swift

May 7, 2002

Buena Vista Distribution Company

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Critic Reviews for The Parent Trap

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (2) | DVD (10)

Surprisingly, the film is delightful-mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blonde button nose who played the endearing delinquent in Tiger Bay.

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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Hayley Mills rocks in her dual role as twins.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
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Common Sense Media

An enjoyable, corny Disney picture with a memorable soundtrack featuring tunes sung by Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello.

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

...irrelevant and dated...

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

There is plenty in The Parent Trap to cause you to chuckle.

September 28, 2005 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | Comment
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Easily one of the best Disney live-action films, with Mills shining in a dual role.

July 18, 2005 Comment
James Plath
Movie Metropolis

The story has been filmed three times...This is the best of them, thanks largely to Mills's natural comic charm.

July 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
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Pretty good family film. Helps that Hayley Mills was my first crush, when I was 10 years old.

April 14, 2003 Comment
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Probably the most entertaining of all Disney live action films of its era

August 7, 2002 Comment
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's rather a long film for its slender story line.... But it obviously became a smash hit, so what do I know.

May 15, 2002 Comment
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis

...a delightful, juvenile, romantic-comedy romp, and, yes, maybe it works for adults, too.

May 15, 2002 Comment
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis
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It was OK, but if I had a choice, I most certainly would not watch it again.

August 18, 2011
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Alexander Diminiano

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This is way duller than the Lindsay Lohan version, especially the romance between the parents.

April 28, 2011
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Jennifer Xu

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