It Takes Two
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Movie Review: It Takes Two
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a bug fan of MK and A even though I am much older then they are. I loved the show on 2 major reasons they had a magnificiant cast and the movie was fantastic.Movie Review: movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I did not get chance to watch DVD but I know it is very good movie that I seen it before on TV. It is very good for any ages or family to watch this movie.Movie Review: finally found ths online
Summary: 5 Stars
I didnt thin id find it but I did & now I have them all muah hahaha lol im just really glad. thank . :)Movie Review: It Takes Two, But It Gets The Job Done Fine
Summary: 4 Stars
Amanda Lemmon (Mary-Kate) is a tough-talking orphan raised in New York City under the care of case worker Diane Barrows (Kirstie Alley, Cheers - Seasons 1-11), and is set to be adopted by a creepy couple exploiting child labor. Alyssa Callaway (Ashley) is the well-bred young daughter of a wealthy widower (Steve Guttenberg, Police Academy - The Complete Collection), who's looking to marry a gold-digging witch of a woman (Jane Sibbett, "Santa Barbara") promising to ship her off to boarding school. When all seems out of their control, the two identical strangers meet during a summer outing and concoct a plan involving them switching places to bring their two guardians together in hopes of having them fall in love - thereby stopping the marriage and allowing the previously-single Diane to adopt Amanda.
"It Takes Two" is the friendly middle ground as far as Mary-Kate & Ashley movies are concerned: it retains their trademark "adorable" factor without the cloying cutesy-ness of their previous three films, and exercises a family-friendly comprehension that was forever lost on their made-for-teen-girls DTV flicks. In short, this is probably the most perfect Mary-Kate & Ashley outing if there ever was such a thing, and is definitely the most tasteful of their offerings to introduce new fans to.
Granted, the synopsis seems like the half-baked kind of plot that you'd find in some of the twins' later movies, but if you can suspend disbelief enough to allow for their chance meeting that kicks off most of the action, the absurdity is very digestible for the fact that it's not overdone and is pulled off marvelously by the cast. Alley, Guttenberg, and Philip Bosco (My Best Friend's Wedding) as the latter's colorful butler give exceptionally warm performances and end up as likeable as the girls themselves, while Sibbett is a perfectly hiss-able children's villain who looks best when being played a trick upon. On the whole, the twins do a good job (and would both be nominated by the Young Artist Awards for their performances), but I was disappointed that their initial personalities dissolve into a collective persona: Amanda starts off as a slang-spewing stickball player and Alyssa as an eloquent little prude, but halfway into the movie, you can't tell the two apart. I don't know if the girls or director Andy Tennant (Sweet Home Alabama) is to blame for this, but thankfully, it's not a fatal fallacy.
The film is obviously aimed at children between six and twelve, but lacks the asininity to inspire grown-up headaches even if a parent doesn't really like the movie. It's mushy and a bit sing-songy in some parts, but makes up for it in handy humor - both physical and situational - and definite heart, allowing me to deem "It Takes Two" the most intelligent, competent, and inclusive film that the Olsen twins have ever been a part of. Fans will already have it, but should parent or little girl be faced with the choice of this or, say, Billboard Dad or Passport To Paris, there ought to be no question about which to choose.
Movie Review: The twins pulled off a lively and entertaining performance!
Summary: 4 Stars
The twins must be given full credits for injecting a breath of fresh air into this familiar plot. Afterall, it is very similar to the 1961 Parent Trap and its 1998 remake.
Yet this movie came up with the ingenius idea of actually recruiting the Olsen twins, instead of one girl only, to play the two roles. Instead of asking a child to shoot each scene twice, Mary-Kate and Ashley could really respond to each other and focus on the characters comfortably. There were unexpected twists and enough big shots for the twins to engage their talking eyes and sweet smiles, play cunning tricks on the step-mother to be and match-making. The result was a warm and alluring family movie!
If flaws must be found, one definitely would be exaggerating the shortcomings of Clarice, the stepmother-to-be. No way the father of the twins would be attracted to Clarice. There was also no attempt of explaining why the two girls looked so much alike. Despite all this, this movie provides a very delightful past time!