For all of its geniality and gushing good will, Ivan Reitman`s ''Twins'' remains an advertising campaign in search of a movie.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 12, 2019

What a concept: Cast pumped-up Arnold Schwarzenegger and pint-size Danny De Vito as twins separated at birth. Funny, huh? Sure is, hilarious even, for about five minutes. But the 102 minutes remaining are a stretch for one joke.

| Mar 12, 2019

The whole movie has a warmth about it that never slops over into sentiment: there is much more here than tall-guy, short-guy jokes.

| Mar 12, 2019

But what's surprising is that Twins is somewhat sweeter than might have been expected. The mechanical plot may shake and grind unpleasantly, but gentler sounds also are produced.

| Mar 12, 2019

"Twins" starts with an overblown fairy-tale quality that seems as if it should work. But, by the finish, the movie collapses on the shoulders of the stars. It works because they both showed up and delivered the goods and kept their end of the deal.

| Mar 12, 2019

Schwarzenegger is amusing as a fish out of water in a land full of sharks.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2019

The film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2008

Director Ivan Reitman more than delivers on the wacky promise of Twins in this nutty, storybook tale of siblings separated at birth and reunited at age 35.

| May 6, 2008

DeVito displays his remarkable ability to shift from fast-talking cynicism to affecting sentiment, while Arnie reveals a reasonable talent for light comedy.

| Sep 30, 2006

[Twins] is the sort of movie that seems to be made of Styrofoam. It's instantly disposable but it won't quickly disappear.

| May 20, 2003

There's enough sugary male bonding to warrant a Sensitive Guys Red Alert.

| Jan 1, 2000

It is an engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000