In this movie Haley Mills has passed the torch and her character's children are up to antics this go round! Fun movie! I love the location of the movie, set in Tampa. Lots of beautiful scenery! This was filmed in 1985 and the wardrobe reflects that! This can always be a great reference for mid-80's period clothing!

"The Parent Trap II," might loosely be considered a sequel to the 1961 Walt Disney smash hit, "The Parent Trap." The story is different and the cast is mostly changed. The only thing that ties it to the original is Hayley Mills who now plays grown-up twins around their mid-30s. Sharon Ferris is a single-parent mother raising her daughter, Nikki (played by Carrie Kei Heim). They live in the Tampa Bay area but Sharon plans to move to New York City for a new job. Nikki is about 10 years old and has a best friend, Mary Grand (played by Bridgette Andersen). Mary's dad, Bill (played by Tom Skerritt) is a single parent. The girls are distraught over the thought of being split up with Nikki's move, so they devise a plan to try to get their parents together and married. Hayley's twin sister now comes into the picture. Nikki's Aunt Susan Carey lives in California. By stretching one's imagination to include the far- fetched or unbelievable, one will accept the plot in which Nikki convinces her Aunt Susan to help set up the match. All she has to do is fly from California to Florida (while her husband is off flying commercial jetliners), remain incognito from her own sister, and impersonate her sister for one or two encounters and dates with Bill. This, of course, is to make him think she is Sharon, Nikki's mom.OK, so we viewers can accept that as necessary for such a wacky story in the first place. The film has some instances of good humor. The two young girls are the best part of the movie. But, in their conniving and plotting, we see some dishonesty and other character flaws that I don't think many parents want to encourage or condone in their children. However cute they may be. But overall, this film isn't very good. The idea had possibility but the plot seems to have holes and the screenplay is poorly done. It lacks a thread of energy and continuity. It comes across as a bunch of small vignettes pieced together to make the story. And the acting of the adults is sub-par to a person. Again, it could be due to a weak script and/or poor direction. There are times when Skerritt's character has long pauses and doesn't seem to know what to say next. Mills, in both characters, seems hesitant at times and wooden at other times. The story is a little interesting and had some possibilities – although far-fetched. The acting by the two young girls is good, and their scheming is OK (except for that character building aspect). But otherwise, this film doesn't cut it. If this is a typical example of Hayley Mills' later career and acting, I can see why her movie career tanked by the time she was 30. She was 40 years old when this TV film was made. I would imagine Tom Skerritt would just as soon forget that he made this film.

Talk about a bad sequel. Don't see this film-then again you probably can't. It was a made for TV film, and I have only seen it aired late at night on the Disney channel since. Bad script...bad acting... bad movie... stay with the original. 1/5 stars--JOHN ULMER

This was one of my favorites as a kid! I wish it were on VHS! Great sequal! I haven't seen the following 2 sequals, but I doubt they could compare! Mills brings the characters alive once again, and the supporting cast is great! Wonderful family fun!!!