@REEL_DEAL2025-12-10 12:00 UTC
The Parent Trap put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.
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1998 · Comedy / Family / Romance
The Parent Trap
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.
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RELEASE DATE
1998
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GENRE
Comedy / Family / Romance
PLOT SUMMARY
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-20 19:00 UTC
Laughed twice during The Parent Trap. Once was a sneeze.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-25 17:00 UTC
The Parent Trap is what improv class warned you about.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-12 23:00 UTC
The chemistry in The Parent Trap is so flat it would fail a high-school lab report.
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r/boxoffice · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 1.5k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Parent Trap?
Director clearly thought The Parent Trap was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 3.5k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Parent Trap?
Look, I wanted to love The Parent Trap. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 3.9k points
Hot Take: The Parent Trap's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, The Parent Trap would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 2.7k points
The cinematography in The Parent Trap is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Everyone praising the The Parent Trap performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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