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It Takes Two

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It Takes Two (1995)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:2

Rotten:21

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Tomboy Amanda resides in a Manhattan orphanage, where she receives lots of attention from social worker Diane Barrows, whom she adores. Alyssa is the cultured daughter of rich widower Roger... Tomboy Amanda resides in a Manhattan orphanage, where she receives lots of attention from social worker Diane Barrows, whom she adores. Alyssa is the cultured daughter of rich widower Roger Calloway, and a dead ringer for Amanda. The two girls meet when Amanda attends a camp near Alyssa's home, and they like each other so much that they hatch a plan: to match Diane with Roger, so they can all live together happily ever after. But there's a fly in the ointment -- Roger's witchy, golddigging, child-hating fiancee Clarice. [More]

Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Steve Guttenberg

Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Steve Guttenberg, Philip Bosco, Jane Sibbett

Director: Andy Tennant

Director: Andy Tennant

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Release:

Sep 1, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French
 
 
 
 

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A harmless caper that ought to thrill girls under 12, and offer modest diversion to their parents.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/18/02
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Alas, the Olsen girls are not immediately heart-warming.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Kids will certainly lap it up but adults will guess the plot after five minutes and be left drumming their fingers for the remaining hour-and-a-half.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Empire Magazine

Adorable munchkins or cloying brats? You be the judge.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/03/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Alley, who is one of the best comic actresses around, does her best to liven things up, but this movie belongs to the kids. In general, she's fighting a losing battle.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

It's not a bad little time-waster for the kiddies.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

I'd rather stick a needle in my eye than sit through this again

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

No review available.

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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

With their perilously wide, Walter Keane eyes, the Olsen twins are cute enough, but compared with other child performers their charms seem forced.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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To quote one of the characters, 'We mustn't! We mustn't!'

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12/18/04
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

A reasonably good take on a great classic.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
12/31/02
Janet Branagan
Janet Branagan
Apollo Guide

A paper-thin, predictable family comedy.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Michael Haile
Michael Haile
Boxoffice Magazine

A rote variation on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper that is marginally salvaged by those spunky Olsen twins from ABC's Full House.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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09/04/03
Mike McGranaghan
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01/31/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It's so featherbrained and lightweight, it almost elevates its inconsequence into a style.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Under the direction of Andy Tennant, the Olsen sisters lay on the icky-poo cuteness with several trowels, often delivering their lines as though they were reciting the alphabet.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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