Two identical looking girls (both played by Hayley Mills) meet at a summer camp and they discover that they are twins. Their parents are divorced and they had decided to take custody of one girl each. They guess that since neither of their parents has remarried, they must still harbor feelings for each other. They each go to the other parent and plot to bring their parents together again.
It is a simple story. The first half of the movie in very enjoyable. The scenes where the girls see their other parent for the first time are touching. But, the movie looses touch after the parents meet; it becomes noisy and meandering. There is an unnecessary plot-line of the father's (Brian Keith) engagement to a generic, gold-digging, young woman and the girls trying to get rid of her.
Maureen O'Hara, as the mother, easily steals the show with her wit, grace and beauty. There are many good, well-acted supporting characters like the girls maternal grandparents, the sharp nanny and the flirty Reverend. The girls' personalities are well-written. The father gets the tomboy and the mother gets the more feminine daughter. But, Hayley Mills rather fails to bring the differences to life. She gives the same performance for both the characters but somewhat makes it up with her liveliness.
It has good nostalgic value but does not really stand up if you are watching for the first time in 2010's.
It is a simple story. The first half of the movie in very enjoyable. The scenes where the girls see their other parent for the first time are touching. But, the movie looses touch after the parents meet; it becomes noisy and meandering. There is an unnecessary plot-line of the father's (Brian Keith) engagement to a generic, gold-digging, young woman and the girls trying to get rid of her.
Maureen O'Hara, as the mother, easily steals the show with her wit, grace and beauty. There are many good, well-acted supporting characters like the girls maternal grandparents, the sharp nanny and the flirty Reverend. The girls' personalities are well-written. The father gets the tomboy and the mother gets the more feminine daughter. But, Hayley Mills rather fails to bring the differences to life. She gives the same performance for both the characters but somewhat makes it up with her liveliness.
It has good nostalgic value but does not really stand up if you are watching for the first time in 2010's.