Twins (1988)

All Critics (29) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (18) | DVD (4)

Director Ivan Reitman more than delivers on the wacky promise of Twins in this nutty, storybook tale of siblings separated at birth and reunited at age 35.

May 6, 2008 Full Review

Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

DeVito displays his remarkable ability to shift from fast-talking cynicism to affecting sentiment, while Arnie reveals a reasonable talent for light comedy.

September 30, 2006 Full Review

Time Out

Top Critic

The sort of movie that seems to be made of Styrofoam. It's instantly disposable but it won't quickly disappear.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

There's enough sugary male bonding to warrant a Sensitive Guys Red Alert.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

It is an engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Boasting plenty of eighties charm and appeal, the first of Arnie's often ill-advised forays into comedy is also his best and most successful. An extra star for Schwarzenegger's calves.

March 9, 2013 Full Review

Stephen Carty

Flix Capacitor

Here was a former Mr Universe [Arnold Schwarzenegger], by reputation one of the 'fittest' men in the world, looking as if walking normally is surprisingly hard work. Perhaps he really was acting after all.

July 14, 2012 Full Review

Graham Young

Birmingham Mail

Reitman (one of the highest grossing directors of all time) has made a career peddling brain-dead schlock, but this tiresome gruel is even below his ground-level standards.

May 6, 2008 Full Review

Film4

The film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity.

May 6, 2008 Full Review

Philip Thomas

Empire Magazine

Schwarzenegger proves to be mildly amusing, but DeVito seems to be coasting on his past reputation as an audience pleaser.

May 6, 2008 Full Review

TV Guide's Movie Guide

This movie improves with depression.

October 22, 2003

Gregory Weinkauf

New Times

An idea that began and ended with the casting session.

February 27, 2003

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

Funny Ah-nold

February 19, 2003

Kevin Fiddler

Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

Ivan Reitman is the modern "King of Comedy." Yeah, right

October 2, 2002

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The script of this film is a mess.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Mark R. Leeper

rec.arts.movies.reviews

• 1. Julius Benedict: All theory, no practice. Story of my life.
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)
• 1. Morris Klane: Uh oh, he's doing the funny talk again...
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)
• 1. Julius Benedict: I was trying to distract him so you could escape.
  2. Vincent Benedict: I was already escaping! By the time you got here, I was already halfway to Brazil!
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)
• 1. Vincent Benedict: Yeah, tell your brother, that if he messes with me, he messes with my whole family!
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)
• 1. Julius Benedict: You have no respect for logic. And I have no respect for people who have no respect for logic.
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)
• 1. Julius Benedict: We're non-identical.
  2. Vincent Benedict: Oh yeah, 'cos as soon as I walked into this room, I felt like I was looking into a mirror.
  – Submitted by Augusta M (10 months ago)

There are no discussion threads for Twins yet.