The movie is about two little girls who try to get a jerk of a fiancée gone and get Diane (Kristie Alley) and Roger Callaway (Steve Guttenburg) married. Wait, so Amanda wants to get adopted by Diane, so that makes her Alyssa's stepsister. Yup, something we've seen before, and also predictable.I do not believe that It Takes Two really knows what it wants to be, the story has pacing issues, with the movie most of the time being a light-hearted comedy with some dramatic parts.The idea is based on THE PARENT TRAP, but except the kids in there are sisters.The movie is just a bit too saccharine for me, there could've been more tension going on instead of the dishonest kids turning what could've been a thrilling remake into a sappy romance. And also more development on Roger and Diane's relationship.The movie has some absurd and annoying acting from the Olsen twins, but they seemed to have gave out some great performances for their young ages in their own way. But the best performances go to Kristie Alley, though I think the director could've had been better with her. Now, don't get me wrong, the movie was pretty interesting, I still love the Olsen twins but they could've been in better projects.

Thea acting was probably 3.6 for Mary kate and ashley's performances, not the best out of this movie, but cute. and the movie was a naughty child thing but the movie was OK so it's because the acting was not terrible and not the best movie and acting of all, but it was good. So this movie is not bad connected to not horrible and not great but still I'll give it a 6.5 for some funny scenes and the acting scenes were pretty good so I'll be nice to the movie since it's old but I think a maybe 5 or 6 year old will like this movie and even some of the campers. This is a total rip copy off of the Parent traps movies and so I liked the Parent trap and this movie is still quite remarkable for 1995 but not the best year to release movies out,I thought the 2001 and the 2002's movies were quite remarkable and unforgettable like I am Sam or any other movie released out then in the 1990s but I guess 8 miles was a good movie too but beware that movie is rated R but for opinion I'll give this movie "A great of a comedy film" I say.

This modern day Prince and the Pauper meets The Parent Trap actually does not seem so bad considering that I am not a big fan (I am putting this lightly) of the Olsen Twins, or Mary Kate and Ashley as they prefer. The story is vaguely entertaining and has the prerequisite kids-are-superior-to-adults-and-know-what's-best-for-them-more-than-they-themselves-do lesson to it (Man, that's a lot of dashes...or is it hyphens? That always confused me.). On the bad side, they actually have the twins trying for accents. Mary Kate as the street-wise urchin Amanda uses a kinda New Yorky accent, but only around her fellow orphan children, surprisingly. The rest of the time she seems to talk fairly normally, which is a little inconsistent. Then again, I do not know anybody from New York, so maybe they only let their accents out when they want to? Ashley as the upper crust poor little rich girl Alyssa uses a partial British accent that consists wholly of her talking very slowly so that she can enunciate and sound all hoighty-toighty. It actually makes her sound less "well-bred" and more "bad actor." Both twins' accents often slip and they talk normally in several scenes. These details combined with the "gee, are we supposed to dislike her or something?" stepmother, the over-establishment of the vast differences in the girls' lives, an extremely rare case of identical strangers, and enough cute kids and sugary sweet moments to give any sweet tooth a headache are just some problems. I hate to be nitpicky, but during the scene where the girls are mistaken by their respective friends as the opposite girl, how come no one noticed the differences in wardrobe? Yes, they were almost similar, but one was wearing short overalls, the other long, one had a flannel shirt and the other did not, etc. Oh well, I won't lose sleep over it either way. Finally, I do recommend this movie if only to see the Olsens when they were still cute, and also because it is probably the last box office hit they will ever have. (Yes, I went there!) (Er...and I hope that Mary Kate recovers well. Hey, my heart is not total ice!)

i saw this movie in theaters when i was same age as them at that point. i bought it as soon as it came out on video.This is the BEST movie with Mary-kate and Ashley. And I guess they'll never make a better one.I've seen this movie 30 times already i guess, it one of the best movies for children of age 8-12it's more than worth buying for your kids!!!!!!they'll watch it over and over again(btw , i thought 'Parent Trap' was made AFTER 'It Takes Two' )