Film1961129 min

The Parent Trap

Name: The Parent Trap
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1961
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyromancewholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringlove conquers all

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"Caught in a merry marital mix-up!"

Boxlist takeA good-natured, breezy comedy: moving and uncomplicated. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.2 /10

TMDB · 254 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

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