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The Parent Trap [1961]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5017188815352
Label : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Publisher : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Release date : 2005-01-17
Title : The Parent Trap [1961]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Universal, particularly children
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1961-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 122
Studio : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Theatrical releaseDate : 1961

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-30 rating:

Oldie
I saw this film at the cinema and on TV many times when it was first released and later. I have seen the remake too and it does not impress me. There is a lovely song sung by Hayley Milsl called "Let's Get Together". I am about to buy this DVD.

review by: angelcake date: 2008-09-30 rating:

Parent trap
I think this film is a real classic. Even though the remake was really good, i'd have to say that in this case I really do prefer the original film. Hayley Mills is so comical playing twins!
They are so mischievous, you can't help but to like these characters.
It is great the way the twins meet at camp and then not just realise that they hate each other but finally realise that they are twins that had been seperated and each live with one of their parents.
From then on, they hatch a plan to swap places so that they can meet the parent that they had been missing for all these years.
It is a very funny film and I especially love the way, after they have been found out proceed to get rid of their father's new girlfriend so that they can try to get their parents back together.
Well worth watching.

review by: dreaminginblackandwhite date: 2007-11-17 rating:

A guideline for movies succeeding it
People often get caught up in the Lindsay Lohan version of this tale. Or they remark on how cute 'It Takes Two' is with the Olson twins. But this was first! And this was best. Hayley Mills is glorious and likeable as both Susan and Sharon, in one of the first movies of her career. Don't miss this beneath the squabble over remakes.

review by: Jo date: 2006-09-08 rating:

Hayley's best
This is one of my favourite films. Hayley Mills plays twins who do not know the other one exists. They meet at camp and plot to switch places so they can meet their respective parents.

The plan is that their parents will have to meet to switch back the twins, romance will be rekindled and they will live happily ever after (which of course happens)!

In the midst of all of this plotting, there is a horrid fiancee to get rid of and a major make over to be done.

I have watched this film too many times to count - I never get bored of it (and I'm 28!). Hayley plays the part brilliantly and the camera work of splitting the film is very good, though they have obviously got a double in for some shots which you can tell isn't Hayley.

I love it, a must for any young lady!

review by: miguelmsantos date: 2005-02-03 rating:

A double dose of Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills plays twin sisters Sharon and Susan separated when they were one year old by their parents' divorce. The two girls grew unaware of each other until they bump to each other in a summer camp. Soon they are plotting on how to bring Mum and Dad together again. This is a favourite of mine since I saw it as a kid some twenty years ago, working so well then as now. Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and the rest of the cast are very good and the script flows wonderfully under the director's hand. Their comic timming is just wonderful. The DVD is quite good and has managed to keep most of the extras from the American release (which is quite good, considering what Disney did for instance with Pollyanna). The copy is in excellent shape and I am sure it will entertain both the kids and their parents.

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