It Takes Two

It Takes Two (1995)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (129,300 ratings)

Identical twin 9-year-old girls, one a poor orphan, the other a rich heiress, cause confusion when they decide to meddle in their caretakers' love lives in this family-oriented comedy. Amanda (Mary Kate Olsen) is the orphan, a scrappy young girl with no family, relying on the support of her caring… More

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PG, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By
Andy Tennant
Genres
Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 17, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Jun 11, 2002
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    The film's underlying sentiment is conveyed effectively, if obviously.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    Under the direction of Andy Tennant, the Olsen sisters lay on the icky-poo cuteness with several trowels, often delivering their lines as though they were reciting the alphabet.

  • Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

    A harmless caper that ought to thrill girls under 12, and offer modest diversion to their parents.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    Writer Deborah Dean Davis and director Andy Tennant are fully aware of the absolute predictability of their material and therefore make the getting to an inevitable ending as much fun as possible.

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    A rote variation on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper that is marginally salvaged by those spunky Olsen twins from ABC's Full House.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bethany M


    Childhood favourite and a classic!

  • AJ V


    The Olsen twins first big movie is actually watchable. It's predictable, and somewhat like The Parent Trap, but kids will like it.

  • Jennifer D


    This was before I had good taste in film...

  • Wahida K


    This Movie is so fricking funny.

  • Dean M


    <i>The Prince and the Pauper</i> meets <i>The Parent Trap</i> in a bland, inoffensive comedy for very small children. The Olsen twins perform dutifully but lack the experience to carry a whole film.

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