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Rated: PG; Length: 128 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson

This remake reproduces much from the 1961 Hayley Mills vehicle about twins reuniting their divorced parents. Trouble is, the original wasn't much to begin with -- alternately sweet-natured and insipid -- and too long. This version offers a cosmetic updating and an even looser grip on reality (when the twins -- the digitally doubled Lohan -- square off for a fencing match, they cavort about like little Jackie Chans). Kids, though, may respond to the girls' manipulation of adults by means of Hollywood-processed sass.


Posted Dec 11, 1998
 

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