Most remakes fail to equal the original, but Director Nancy Meyers’s remake of THE PARENT TRAP is not only better than the original, but also one of the best Walt Disney Pictures movies released in quite some time.

The only troubling parts of the movie are one practical joke played on Meredith where she almost swallows a lizard, and several exclamations which invoke God, such as 'God, help me.' In the final analysis, THE PARENT TRAP deserves many kudos such as cute, adorable, funny, winsome, lovable, moral, life affirming, family affirming, family friendly, entertaining, enjoyable, and heartwarming Content: Even the Butler and the nanny make the right moral choices, although they also provide the comic relief for several of the scenes. The movie affirms marriage, the need for both parents and moral values that most American's hold dear. What makes this movie work is a fine sense of timing and comic sensibility.

The foil is Nick Parker's new love interest, Meredith Blake, played with venom by Elaine Hendrix. Once they discover their identity, their goal is to bring their parents together, and the butler, the nanny and their grandfather help them do just that. Little Hallie Parker and Annie James meet at camp and discover that they are identical twins, separated at birth when their parents Nick Parker and Elizabeth James split up.

Director Nancy Meyers's remake of THE PARENT TRAP is even better than the delightful original.

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