Two of a Kind (1983)
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20% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
(9,403 ratings)
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John attempt to rekindle the box office sparks of Grease with this screwball fantasy comedy. The tale begins during a golf match in heaven among four angels --Charlie (Charles Durning), Earl (Scatman Crothers), Gonzales (Castulo Guerra), and Ruth (Beatrice Straight)--… More John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John attempt to rekindle the box office sparks of Grease with this screwball fantasy comedy. The tale begins during a golf match in heaven among four angels --Charlie (Charles Durning), Earl (Scatman Crothers), Gonzales (Castulo Guerra), and Ruth (Beatrice Straight)-- who have been in charge of heaven for the last twenty-five years. But their game is interrupted by God (voice of Gene Hackman), who has now returned to the office and doesn't like what he sees down on earth. God wants to order up another flood and start all over again, but the angels persuade God to reconsider, reasoning that if a typical earth man can reform, it would prove that all mankind is capable of it. God agrees to the scheme and the typical man selected is Zack Melon (John Travolta) a failed inventor who, threatened by loan sharks, decides to hold up a bank. Zack points his gun at bank teller Debbie Wylder (Olivia Newton-John) and she gives him all of the money. But when Zack peers into the sack after the robbery, he sees that Debbie has substituted bank deposit slips for the cash and realizes that she has kept the money for herself. Zack tracks her down to reclaim his stolen money and the two fall in love. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Herzfeld
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 16, 1983 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
This disappointing reunion of Grease stars Travolta and Newton-John is lame and forgettable fluff.
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Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com
Xanadu it isn't, but fun nonetheless.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
The "wow" kind of bad that people still talk about 20 years after the fact. Rent it and see.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Mediocre Travolta
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Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye
This Two of a Kind is more like a royal flush--as in a tremendously trite tale that needs to be flushed right down the dyspeptic drain
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Cast
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John Travolta
as Zack Melon
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Olivia Newton-John
as Debbie Wylder
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Charles Durning
as Charlie
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Beatrice Straight
as Ruth
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Scatman Crothers
as Earl
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Castulo Guerra
as Gonzales
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Oliver Reed
as Beazley
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Richard Bright
as Stuart
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Toni Kalem
as Terri
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James Stevens
as Ron
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Jack Kehoe
as Mr. Chotiner
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Ernie Hudson
as Detective Staggs
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Michael J. Aronin
as Student
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Kurek Ashley
as SoHo Cop
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Kathy Bates
as Furniture Man's Wife
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Vincent Buffano
as Oscar
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Joe Cirillo
as Cop
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Robert Costanzo
as Capt. Cinzari
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John Dresden
as Bartender
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Sheila Frazier
as Reporter
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Ted Grossman
as Waiter
- Gene Hackman
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John Bear Hudkins
as Guard
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Christopher Loomis
as Sarge
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Michael Prince
as Judge
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Warren Robertson
as Himself
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Walter Robles
as Bum
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Ann Travolta
as Bank Teller
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Deborah Dalton
as Angie
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Tony Munafo
as Furniture Man
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Deborra Hampton
as Rake Woman
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Donna Porter
as Restaurant's Customer
- Pat McCorkle
- Valorie Massalas
- Mike Fenton
- Jane Feinberg
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Pamela Bowman
as Jet Setter's Date
- Tammy Brewer
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Jacque Foti
as Maitre d'
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Steven Hirsch
as Jet Setter
- Rochelle L. Kravit
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Jerome Michaels
as Customer
- Kitty Muldoon
- Phillip Romano
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Charlie Picerni
as Anti-Gang Officer
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Jill Andre
as Gladys
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Richard Adams
as Restaurant's Customer
