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- 1961
- Approved
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 2 h 9 m
- 1961
- Approved
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 2 h 9 m
Summary Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Directed By: David Swift
Written By: Erich Kästner, David Swift
- 1961
- Approved
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 2 h 9 m
- 1961
- Approved
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 2 h 9 m
The Parent Trap
Metascore
Generally favorable
73
8.3
Summary Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Directed By: David Swift
Written By: Erich Kästner, David Swift
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
73
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
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0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
73
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A charming comedy, liberally laced with slapstick. [26 Dec 1986, p.27]
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. The important thing about a children's picture is that children like it. If they are old enough to enjoy some mild mush and young enough to know childhood's most prized secret—that all adults are boobs—they should like this one.
David Swift, whose writing, direction and appreciation of young Hayley Mills’ natural histrionic resources contributed so much to Pollyanna, repeats the three-ply effort on this excursion, with similar success.
Hayley Mills plays twins in this innocent, fast-paced comedy, a favorite of countless youngsters in the 1960s. An enjoyable, corny Disney picture with a memorable soundtrack featuring tunes sung by Tommy Sands and Annette Funicello.
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Production Company
Walt Disney Productions
Release Date Jun 21, 1961
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating Approved
Tagline Caught in a merry marital mix-up!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
