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The Parent Trap

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The Parent Trap (1961)

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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 11  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Synopsis:
A couple, planning to divorce, decides that each parent should get one of their twin daughters to raise. 14 years later, the two girls meet at summer camp -- and decide to switch places to see how the other half lives. [More]
A couple, planning to divorce, decides that each parent should get one of their twin daughters to raise. 14 years later, the two girls meet at summer camp -- and decide to switch places to see how the other half lives. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel

Director: David Swift
Producer: George Golitzen
Story: Erich Kastner
Composer: Paul J. Smith

DVD Info

Release:

May 7, 2002

[DVD Details]

VHS Features:

  • Production Interviews
  • Bonus Short - 1. Original Animated Short That Accompanied the Film

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...irrelevant and dated...

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10/15/05 11:03 AM
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08/10/05 02:43 PM
Emanuel Levy
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Easily one of the best Disney live-action films, with Mills shining in a dual role.

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07/18/05 06:22 AM
James Plath
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01/27/05 11:52 AM
Philip Martin
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06/25/04 07:26 PM
Rob Blackwelder
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10/17/03 01:46 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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08/16/03 01:43 PM
Rebecca Murray
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07/08/03 05:11 PM
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Pretty good family film. Helps that Hayley Mills was my first crush, when I was 10 years old.

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04/14/03 07:55 PM
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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08/30/02 03:10 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Probably the most entertaining of all Disney live action films of its era

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08/07/02 12:32 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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...a delightful, juvenile, romantic-comedy romp, and, yes, maybe it works for adults, too.

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05/15/02 04:29 PM
John J. Puccio
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Great production values... and a surprising sense of humor

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05/05/02 02:09 PM
Christopher Null
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