In the end, this is a movie about family, love, loss and reunion.

| May 9, 2024

Twenty-five years later, The Parent Trap still offers its audience a good time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2023

Although The Parent Trap is very much a children's film, the sweetness of the story about trying to bring a broken family together holds strong and is still an excellent watch.

| Jun 20, 2023

The film has aged pretty well. It's got good performances, it still has the entertainment value, and it doesn't feel that dated other than the effects.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 17, 2021

Quite a decent facsimile of that excellent 1961 comedy of errors.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2020

Romance, comedy, adventure and charm come through loud and clear in this highly entertaining remake.

| Apr 13, 2013

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Mar 25, 2013

The technology for twinning a single young actress is considerably more seamless than it was in 1961, and Lohan is a perky charmer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2011

This 1998 romantic comedy mostly bores with its cumbersome exposition and close-ups of trivial objects scattered throughout lackluster montage sequences.

| May 27, 2011

The whole thing is pleasant enough -- provided you can suspend your disbelief for long enough to accept that all English people talk in plummy accents, swan around Kensington and have butlers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 27, 2011

Delightful remake is great for the whole family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 7, 2010

New pic is slick, sentimental and exceptionally well cast, with enough cross-generational appeal to suggest strong commercial potential.

Full Review | Jul 6, 2010

The light comedy is sweetly timed, the direction smart and assured, and the visuals bright, colourful, unobtrusive and faultless.

| Jun 24, 2006

Even if you've seen and enjoyed the original Parent Trap, this 1998 update should make you happy all over again.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2005

Agreeable remake of the 60s Disney hit.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2003

A light-hearted Disney remake...Lohan makes an impressive debut.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2003

...exactly the sort of easy-going, endlessly engaging family film that seems to have become an unusually rare breed in this day and age.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003

Lohan is cute and charming, as would be expected, but she also brings a street-savvy quality to both her roles, and distinguishes them well enough for us to tell the difference, even if no one in the movie can.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003