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I fully expected that my 'adult' tastes would not find it so interesting.īut I loved it just as much as I always had. For some reason, I decided on revisiting this nostalgic childhood memory. I couldn't get to sleep one night, so I figured I'd watch a movie.

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I loved this movie as a kid, but it wasn't until I was in college that I revisited it. I don't quite remember when I saw it first, but it was surely soon after. I was six years-old when the film was released. This movie also happens to be one of the first movies I remember watching. From the first scene, it should be clear - this movie is about love. They kiss, share a special bottle of wine and all along the Nat King Cole classic 'L-O-V-E' plays in the background. The first scene showcases a flashback to Nick and Elizabeth's wedding night on the RMS Queen Elizabeth II. But all of it stems from the setup that is the movie's opening scene. Why is it important? Well, we will have to find that out. What is important is that they are there. How Hallie and Annie got there isn't important to the plot. In fact, I think it's the total opposite! It's a smart movie for how it uses its writing to set up the rest of the film. This doesn't make The Parent Trap a 'dumb' movie where we don't think about things. We aren't thinking about the intricacies of the plot, because we're too caught up from the film's first scene. And, I don't really find it to be much of misstep at all thanks to the fact that, by the time we get to Camp Walden, we've already been pulled into the film's romantic aesthetic. If this is a misstep, I think it is one of only a few in the film. So it's hard to understand why two wealthy individuals would choose it to send their daughter on a long trip to attend. By all accounts, it seems to be a very normal camp. The camp - Camp Walden - is in Maine, which I guess would be a midpoint between London and Napa Valley. Frankly, it is also a little silly to think that their parents, from two sides of the globe, would send them both to the same summer camp. Hallie and Annie are both sent to the same summer camp, and this is where the film's plot begins to take shape. Later in the film, we'll see another level to Lohan's work in these roles. Maybe I'm being overly laudatory here, but I find that to be a fantastic job by such a young actress. Hallie went with her dad to California, and Annie went with her mom to London.Ĭonsider for a second the skill needed here, in Lohan's film debut, to play two separate characters with two distinct accents. Hallie and Annie are twins who were separated shortly after their birth due to the divorce of their parents. Lohan plays both Hallie Parker and Annie James. But this is a reminder that she was and is an incredibly talented person. For my millennial contemporaries, you may think of tabloid headlines the moment you hear Lohan's name. Much of the film's greatness comes from the acting performance by Lindsay Lohan. I haven't seen the earlier film or read the novel, but you should be aware of the source material. It is also an adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel Lottie and Lisa ( Das doppelte Lottchen). That is due to it being a timeless story that is both well-written and well-acted.īefore I go any further, it must be said that this is a remake of the 1961 film that bears its name. It gets us past some levels of preposterousness in its plot (which I will discuss in a moment) by enthralling us in the story. There is no condescension in that statement. Directed by Nancy Meyers, it completely consumes us in the story of two estranged twins, Annie and Hallie (both played by a young Lindsay Lohan), trying to reunite their parents - Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid) and Elizabeth James (the late Natasha Richardson). The 1998 version of The Parent Trap is such a film. But, as with any film, I simply ask that such movies be well-written and stay true to the story they're telling. Sometimes you want to have fun and be utterly consumed by the world on the screen. I generally prefer such films, and even I don't always want that from a movie experience. Not everyone wants to go to the movies to see a gritty drama about life and death. However, I think escapism is a vitally important power of film. Personally, my movie tastes tend to dramas most often. Sometimes I think we use the term 'escapism' as a negative, that somehow it's lesser art. And there are great movies that help us escape into another world - whether real or fanciful - for a short time. There are great movies that make us laugh or look at life with a satirical eye.

There are great movies that make us think and consider the realities of human existence. One of my favorite aspects of movies is their ability to affect us in many different ways.

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