The Parent Trap

Plot synopsis:
In 1986, American Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Briton Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) meet and get married during an ocean cruise on the RMS Queen Elizabeth II. After the birth of their twin daughters—Annie and Hallie (Lindsay Lohan)—Nick and Elizabeth get a divorce. The divorcing couple agrees that each parent will raise one of the twins without telling her about her sister, and thereafter lose contact with one another. Nick raises Hallie in Napa Valley and becomes a wealthy wine grower, while Elizabeth raises Annie in London and becomes a famous and successful wedding gown designer.
In 1998, Nick and Elizabeth coincidentally enroll their daughters at the same all-girls summer camp in Maine called Camp Walden. Hallie and Annie first meet at the end of a fencing match, when they remove their masks and see that they look exactly alike. A comical hostility between the two girls leads to a brief prank war that ends when the camp director and her assistant fall into one of Hallie's traps, leading the director to send the girls to the "Isolation Cabin," separating the two girls from the rest of the campers.
Living together in the Isolation Cabin, Hallie and Annie discover they were born on the same day, and each has half of a torn wedding photograph of their parents. Realizing with delight they are twins, the girls hatch a plan to meet their previously unknown parents and ultimately reunite them once they decide to reveal their true selves. Each girl trains the other to impersonate her, Hallie cutting Annie's hair and piercing her ears, with the intent to switch places at the end of summer camp.
When camp is over, the twins put their plan into action. Hallie, pretending to be Annie, goes to London to meet her mother, her maternal grandfather, Charles, and the James family's butler, Martin (Simon Kunz). Annie, pretending to be Hallie, goes to Napa to meet her father, her dad's housekeeper, Chessy (Lisa Ann Walter), their dog Sammy, and Nick's young, opportunistic fiancée, Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix), who is only interested in Nick's money. Distressed by Meredith's deviousness, Annie telephones Hallie and persuades her to bring Elizabeth to California to break up the engagement. However, Charles catches Hallie on the phone, and in California, Chessy figures out that Annie has been there the whole time instead of Hallie. Soon, everyone discovers the girls' identities, except for Nick and Meredith, who all remain unaware of the switch until their newfound family members surprise them.
To bring Nick and Elizabeth together, Hallie, Annie, Chessy, Martin, and Charles conspire to have them meet at a hotel in San Francisco by arranging for Nick to meet Meredith's parents and by not telling Elizabeth about Meredith. Nervous about meeting Nick, Elizabeth asks Martin to accompany Hallie and her to San Francisco. After a few comical mix-ups in the hotel, Nick and Elizabeth eventually see each other in an unexpected way. Nick finally learns about the switch, and the girls host a candlelit dinner for their parents, served by Chessy and Martin, on a yacht decorated to recreate their first meeting that was on Queen Elizabeth II. At dinner, Elizabeth mentions that Nick did not follow her after she left him, and Nick responds that he was not sure if Elizabeth wanted him to. They make plans for the girls to spend holidays together, but decide against resuming their relationship.
Dismayed, Hallie and Annie force their parents to take them on a camping trip—the annual outing Nick and Hallie take before school starts—while keeping quiet about which twin is which. Elizabeth coaxes Meredith into camping with Nick and the girls in her place, while she stays behind at the Parker residence. During the trip, the girls play various tricks on Meredith. It all boils over after the two execute their final prank of sending a sleeping Meredith and her airbed out on the lake by their camp. Meredith becomes enraged and gives Nick an ultimatum: her or his daughters. Nick chooses the girls over Meredith and breaks off the engagement. Although Annie and Hallie are both punished for their shenanigans, they accept it, as they are rid of Meredith for good. After they go inside and to their room, Nick remarks to Elizabeth, "I got to remember to thank them one day".
As Chessy has been away with Martin, on a two day picnic, Nick shows Elizabeth his wine collection, which includes the wine they drank at their wedding. Elizabeth is touched at first, but has a change of heart and returns to London with Annie, afraid of what could happen between Nick and herself. However, when Annie and Elizabeth get home, they find Hallie and Nick waiting for them, having flown there on the Concorde. They explain that they had realized they didn't want to lose Annie and Elizabeth again, and Nick finally chased after Elizabeth like he should've done the first time she left. Elizabeth is fearful of remarrying, but she yields to Nick's unwavering confidence, and Hallie and Annie look on happily as their parents embrace. A montage of pictures (similar to stop motion) during the credits show Nick and Elizabeth getting remarried aboard the QE2, with the girls as bridesmaids and Charles, Martin and Chessy all in attendance, Martin and Chessy becoming engaged that same night.

Tags: cute, prank

Review:
(She changes her Brit accent when she plays her own American alter-ego pretending to be herself in England - if you saw the film, you know what I mean).Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid with that big, goofy, infectious smile, give the film its romance and maturity, without stepping on the fun-filled kid's plot.
We own the video, and I have watched it with her at least a dozen times without growing tired.A perfect rental after a bad day, or when you want to have a family movie night.
Hayley Mills carried the dual roles of twins learning of each other's existence and concocting a plot to reunite their divorced parents splendidly in the '60's version, and Lindsay Lohan showed wonderful comedic talent at an early age in this delightful remake.It's a Disney flick, so the comedy is family slapstick variety as you would expect.
The obvious chemistry of the parents (Randy Quaid and Natasha Richardson) is great, and begs a question which is never answered to satisfaction, "Why did they split up in the first place?" Everything in the film symbolically shows that they were made for each other: even their respective maid and butler take a shine to each other.The fx and editing to stand Lohan's two characters together is magnificently done; it really looks like two actresses.
Lohan skillfully contrasts the American/British accents and mannerisms of the two girls; you know and believe which twin she is at any given moment.Well directed, well acted and fun.
The Parent Trap was originally made in 1961 starring Haley Mills as a pair of twins who accidentally meet when they are eleven years old.
Young Lindsay Lohan plays the girls, (both of them!) complete with fabulous accents, sunny bright and distinctive personalities, appealing red hair, freckles and a great sense of fun.
The girls decide to switch places so they can each meet their Mum and Dad. In true Hollywood style both parents are rich and attractive and they of course each have hired help (Lisa Anne Walter and Simon Kunz) who are of course are going to fall in love.
"The Parent Trap " is good but its star Lindsay Lohan is better as she was able to steal my breath away in dual roles playing Hallie and Annie Parker.
The proof is a movie called "The Parent Trap."Lohan's performance is great but we also must not forget that it stars Dennis Quaid as one of the best actors I've seen.
With his versatile talent in film genres such as drama, action, or family, Quaid has the ability to capture my attention for the length of the movie."The Parent Trap" is a light hearted film that will allow the mind to flow freely while sitting and relaxing.
The cast is great, Lindsey Lohan is funny and adorable, just likable, and unlike the original parents, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson are excellent and seem like great parents.
When the twins meet in camp and discover who they are, the plot is set in motion.Richardson and Quaid are wonderful as the likable parents, still very much in love, even after a decade apart.
In this late 90's remake of a Hayley Mills classic, Lohan plays both homely Napa Vallley girl Hallie Parker and Prim and proper London native Annie James...who unexpectedly meet at summer camp and don't exactly take a fancy to each other.
The movie concerns two little girls (Lindsay Lohan in a dual role), they are Hallie Parker and Annie James and both of whom are about to find out .
! Now they're up to their freckles in schemes and dreams to switch places, get their parents back together and have the family they've always wished for!It's a remake of the classy film featured by Mauren O'Hara and Brian Keith along with their daughter played Hayley Mills but here is adapted to the modern times .
Lindsay Lohan's interpretation is top-notch likeness to Hayley Mills of previous film , she interprets both roles and she performs outstanding .
But this story is adorable and the selection of the cast is perfect: Nicholas Parker (Dennis Quaid) is a handsome man, Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) is one of the most beautiful and elegant actress, Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix) fits perfectly as `Cruela' and the butler, Chessy and the grandfather are actors and actress perfectly selected for the role.
Smarmy, downright unnecessary Disney remake of their own 1961 classic about separated eleven-year-old twin sisters who meet for the first time at summer camp and devise a way to bring their divorced folks back together.
Young Lindsay Lohan (playing both girls, as did Hayley Mills in the original) is a perky, but trite and innocuous tyke, and this camp where the kids meet is ridiculously "Hollywood" (the girls fence and play poker on the side...what world are screenwriters Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer from?).
Lindsey Lohan, Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid are all great in this, but I also really love Lisa Ann Walter, Simon Kunz, and of course Elaine Hendriz is epic!
However, since I haven't seen the original at all, I will not be comparing this film with Lindsay Lohan to the 1961 version.
The story is told beautifully as it is done through the perspectives of the two twin girls (played by Lindsay Lohan) who are wanting their parents to be back together.First off, I have to mention the musical score; I thought it was hauntingly enchanting, peaceful and quiet and it really had a melody to it.
Hotels, pool areas, the country, camping sites, cabins, crowded streets, its all there and it was really great to see so many different places that the girls could explore.The cast and choice of actors/actresses were wisely picked out and like I mentioned before, Lohan was the best and the star.
Dennis Quaid was the absolute PERFECT fit for Keith's part, and I love the fact that the actress who played "Vicky" in the first one, Joanna Barnes, RETURNS--37 years later, {as beautiful as ever}!--playing Daddy's spoilt pretty-faced fiancé's MOTHER, "Vicki" this time!
And although I love the original, mainly because of the incomparable Haley Mills, this version is just as enjoyable and in some ways, more believable.First of all, it made me so sad to think of how Lindsay Lohan has gone down-hill.
This type of film was very popular in the thirties and forties ("The Philadelphia Story" is perhaps the best-known example) and to a lesser extent in the sixties (the original "Parent Trap" was made with Hayley Mills in 1961) but has become less common in recent years.
Most romantic comedies focus upon the lovers themselves, but in this one Dennis Quaid as Nick and Natasha Richardson as Elizabeth end up playing supporting roles to the triumphal entry of Lindsay Lohan onto the world stage.
Sometimes the movie nearly ends up being a joke.Although I really don't like Lindsay Lohan, the truth is that she does a good performance as the twin sisters.
It's basically the same story (twin girls separated at birth discover each other at summer camp and decide to switch places in the hopes of reuniting their parents) but the updated version has a more modern feel.The cast is perfect, especially Ms. Lohan in the role of the twins.
(Nice touch with Barnes as Meredith's mother.)The twins: 1961:  There's a good reason why the cute blonde was working steadily for many years after The Parent Trap.
Rated PG for some mild mischiefPlot Summary: Two identical twins (Lohan),who both no nothing about each other, meet at a summer camp and switch places in an effort to reunite their parents (Quaid and Richardson)Let me tell you about the actors and actresses in this film.
Lindsay Lohan does a brilliant job playing Annie and Hallie, two twins whose parents broke up when they were little.
The twins try their hardest to get their parents, played by Richardson and Quaid, together, going as far as to make sure the two meet at a hotel while on vacation.This film plays well as a comedy, as the twins adjust to different lifestyles, one is from a rich British house, the other is from a ranch in Northern California, with plenty of sight gags, but as the story goes on, a romance develops, not only between the divorced parents, but also between the butler and the housekeeper, played brilliantly by Kunz and Walters.
I do enjoy, however, the nods given in the new film to the old one: the Kulp sisters of the camp named for Nancy Kulp, the original Vicky Blake actually playing Meredith's mother, and so on..
The original version of, The Parent Trap starring Hayley Hills was good but this new version, starring Lindsay Lohan, playing both the twins and the brilliant Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson playing the parents is much better.
The Parent Trap is such a good, fun, family, comedy, movie, which I'm sure *everyone* will love.
The Parent Trap is American comedy-drama film,so it's pretty amazing from start to finish.A beautiful film has a wonderful story which is about twins Annie and Hallie are strangers until happenstance unites them.
The Parent Trap is American adversting comedy-drama film,so it's pretty amazing from start to finish.A beautiful film has a wonderful story which is about twins Annie and Hallie are strangers until happenstance unites them.
After meeting at camp, American Hallie and British-raised Annie an identity swap.Twins are organize a plan,so they are quite changes.These two girls to show bravery,so it is can be effectly.Finally they are bring happines their family,they can reconcilitioning their parents.I understand by this film,each event need love and courage..
After meeting at camp, American Hallie and British-raised Annie an identity swap.Twins are organize a plan,so they are quite changes.These two girls to show bravery,so it is can be effectly.Finally they are bring happines their family,they can reconcilitioning their parents.I understand by this film,each event need love and courage..
Much like the twin characters in this movie, the original Parent Trap and this remake are different, but equal.
Lindsay Lohan does a great job in her first film role playing dual roles, and they change the story up just enough to make it feel fresh, without making it seem like a different movie.
The adorable, sentimental version of The Parent Trap, directed by Nancy Meyers and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer, is an endearing Disney remake of the 1961 version of the movie featuring Hayley Mills.
The adorable, sentimental version of The Parent Trap, directed by Nancy Meyers and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer, is an endearing Disney remake of the 1961 version of the movie featuring Hayley Mills.
Twins Hallie and Annie, portrayed by Lindsay Lohan, who were separated at birth reunite at a summer camp many years later.
Twins Hallie and Annie, portrayed by Lindsay Lohan, who were separated at birth reunite at a summer camp many years later.
Moreover, the film features Lindsay Lohan who plays twins Annie and Hallie, Natasha Richardson who plays Elizabeth, and Dennis Quaid who plays Nick.
Moreover, the film features Lindsay Lohan who plays twins Annie and Hallie, Natasha Richardson who plays Elizabeth, and Dennis Quaid who plays Nick.
Although critics often say that Lohan carries the weight of the film, without the wonderful acting of Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid, the movie would not have the same effect and appeal.
Although critics often say that Lohan carries the weight of the film, without the wonderful acting of Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid, the movie would not have the same effect and appeal.
All in all, if you are looking for a movie to watch with your family and kids and enjoy, parent trap will not disappoint you!.
I always liked this film, it was innocent and fun, it was a cute movie and I miss Linsey Lohan like this, before she went downhill, when she was an adorable 12 year old who had a promising future and Hallie and Annie, twins in this great remake of the original from 1961, except of course it tries to modernize the story, make it more realistic for today's audience.
MERITS of The Parent Trap 1 – The film is well-scripted with some great acting (by the late Natasha Richardson & Dennis Quaid)and lovely funny dialogues.For example, I loved the sarcastic description of Meredith Blake (the unwanted fiancée of the twins' father) as "Oh that lady with long legs, tight skirts and bare back!" You will love it when you watch it in the film.
Absolutely hilarious!2 – The funny scenes, instead of being the in-your-face kind (like in Jim Carrey movies), are very creative and lovable.3 – The centre of attraction of the film is a pair of sister twins of school-going age who thought of a clever plan to bring their estranged parents together.
Since very few films are made with kids as the main characters, this indeed is a welcome relief.4 – Never knew that the gorgeous Lindsay Lohan was a child artist (in 1998) who played the role of twins to perfection.
6 – The very smart special effect of seeing a realistic-looking ear-piercing of one of the twins by her sister.7 – This film is worth seeing several times within a span of 12 months.DEMERITS of The Parent Trap 1 – It'd have been better had the character of Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix) been given more reel time as an anti-thesis to the twins causing them much headache and the twins would have gone about "playing" with her in the funniest of ways and giving Meredith few headaches..
Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson are so charming playing her loving parents.
Lindsay Lohan plays identical twins separated after their parents (Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson) divorced.
The Parent Trap is a family video that involves two young twin girls Hallie and Annie, both being played by Lindsay Lohan, who never knew they were twins until they both attend the same camp at the same time.
first off I never seen the original,, so starting from now I thought this movie was pretty darn funny,, Randy Quaid gives a believable performance as the dad of one of the sisters.
The movie is about twin sisters separated at birth when their parents divorced only to accidentally come face to face at summer camp eleven years later.
The plot was pretty good about two girls named Annie and Hallie who were separated at birth and meet each other at camp and plan to get their parents back.
I thought Lindsay Lohan gave a good performance playing both of the twins.
No one else could of done it better and I also thought that Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson gave good performances as the twins' parents.
All in all The Parent Trap is a good movie that the whole family can enjoy.
In terms of supporting performances, Dennis Quaid is great as the father, very cute and funny and actually more at home than Brian Keith was I feel, while the late Natasha Richardson is drop dead gorgeous in this movie.Overall, just a delightful remake of a delightful original.
Nancy Meyers directs Lindsay Lohan, who plays 11-year-old twins separated at birth when their parents divorced.
This one is directed by Nancy Meyers and stars Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter and Simon Kunz.
The plot sees Lohan playing 11 year old identical twins, Hallie and Annie, who on account of their parents divorce when they were born, have lived separate lives unaware of the other's existence.
The original 'Parent Trap' is a classic wonderful delightful film.
That is how it was with the remake of the Parent Trap.The original is not better because it is the first version I saw, but because it has more charm overall because of the delightful Hayley Milles.
Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson are also excellent as the parents, and their interactions are some of the best scenes in the movie.
A remake of the 1961 Hayley Mills version, the movie is updated for current times while keeping the classic details and plot devices of the original film.
Lindsay Lohan does a great job portraying the twin sisters, to the point that I first thought two different girls were playing Hallie and Annie.
And finally, Lindsay Lohan did an excellent job of playing two entirely different people at the beginning of the movie but as they become more familiar with each other their personalities merge to one as you would expect with twins.In my opinion today's comedies are not that "funny" but the last 30 minutes of this movie after Nick and Elizabeth meet for the first time in 11 years is as funny as anything I have seen in quite some time.
"The Parent Trap" is one of those films.In this remake of the 1961 classic, 2 twins Hallie and Annie (Lindsay Lohan), were separated at birth, when their parents divorced.
An incredibly touching, sentimental movie about the chance meeting of two girls, Hallie Parker and Annie James, at a summer camp.
Lindsay Lohan does a great job of representing two different personalities, and being a relative newcomer to films, she was amazing in this movie.
Wonderful remake of the original film, and this movie deserves a watch..
At first, I didn't know that Lindsay Lohan played both Hallie and Annie.
Lindsay Lohan stars in this delightful tween remake as Hallie Parker and Annie James, two twins who meet up at camp and decide to switch places, in hopes of getting a reconciliation in the works for their parents.
Now through devious hi-jinks and thought-filled plans, Hallie and Annie must find a way get rid of her.Trust me, I am usually not a fan of Dennis Quaid or Lindsay Lohan, but in this movie, they both shine as father and daughterS.
Lindsay Lohans acting was top notch along with a great cast it is the perfect movie.
This is my favourite movie ever, Lindsay plays Hallie and Annie brilliantly, and Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson are also great at playing the parents!