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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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09/04/03
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

A reasonably good take on a great classic.

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

No review available.

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01/31/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A paper-thin, predictable family comedy.

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

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

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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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

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Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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No review available.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

There is little original in the film. Most scenes you have seen countless times before. They even have an old fashion food fight. I thought everyone had gotten tired of seeing them by now.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

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

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

Writer Deborah Dean Davis and director Andy Tennant are fully aware of the absolute predictability of their material and therefore make the getting to an inevitable ending as much fun as possible.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/13/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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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

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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N/R

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

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06/18/02
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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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

Alas, the Olsen girls are not immediately heart-warming.

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