6/10
Is this real true love?
7 December 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Vicki exclaims, "Are you inferring that I'd marry your father for his money?" "If the shoe fits, wear it," responds Sharon.

The Parent Trap, filmed in 1961, is about twin girls that meet each other at a summer camp. The girls do not get along because they look like each other (as weird as that sounds) and get in trouble because of the games and pranks that cause mischief. The girls get sent into the same cabin as punishment. They have to learn how to work together for the rest of the summer camp. One day Susan and Sharon decide to converse with each other. They share information about where they are from, and things they like to do. Sharon shares that she lives with her mom, and Susan shares that she lives alone with her dad. After a few more comparisons, they realize that they are long lost twins. Sharon and Susan use the rest of the summer camp to get to know each other and their families. Sharon cuts her hair the same as Susan because they decide to switch places. Sharon takes Susan's place at home, and Susan takes Sharon's place. Sharon meets her father, Mitch, for the first time and comes to realize that her father is in love with another young lady named Vicki. Vicki wants to marry the twins' father because of his wealth. Sharon calls Susan and begs her to bring their mother to California so she can stop the wedding. Susan and her mother fly out to California so they can get this confusion resolved. Sharon and Susan plan to destroy their father's wedding plans. Sharon and Susan set up romantic dinners for their mother and father.

Sharon and Susan's mother, Maggie, meets Vicki, she does her best to embarrass Mitch. Maggie does not want Mitch to get married to Vicki because she secretly still loves Mitch. Sharon and Susan do everything they can to stop all wedding plans with Mitch and Vicki. The family plans a camping trip and Vicki throws a fit. Vicki does not want Maggie to come because she is the 'ex-wife'. Sharon and Susan are disappointed when they found out that their mother will not be coming on the camping trip. They plan to prank Vicki on the camping trip because they know how much Vicki does not enjoy the outdoors. Vicki did not enjoy the camping trip with Mitch and the girls because of the pranks Sharon and Susan pull. Sharon and Susan had lots of practice at summer camp, so they were pros at pranking Vicki, and getting her to not like the girls. Sharon and Susan gained up on Vicki to make her leave. Vicki called off the wedding because she was fed up with the girls. Mitch, of course, picked his girls over Vicki. Maggie was secretly overjoyed with this news when they came home from camping. Mitch and Maggie end up falling in love for the second time. Sharon and Susan could finally live together without switching places.

The climax of the movie is when Susan and Sharon find out that Mitch is wanting to get remarried to Vicki. The movie now has a problem, and it's now the screenwriter's job to come up with a solution. The girls tell their mother, Maggie, and she is not thrilled about the news. The screenwriter uses Maggie to notice the problem and fix it. Maggie drops little hints in the movie to show that she is still interested in Mitch. Does Mitch recognize those hints?

Mitch does not recognize that Maggie still loves him. Mitch has to figure out if Vicki is the right person to marry, or if he truly loves Maggie. It was made clearly that Maggie has already made up her mind, and goes to visit Mitch to win his heart back.

Susan and Sharon have decided that once they get their parents back together, they can live together and not have to travel to see each other. Susan and Sharon think that this is the answer to the problem. The twins don't know that getting back together after a divorce is not an easy thing. Mitch and Maggie would have to work out all sorts of problems to get it to work, and what if they don't really love each other? Susan and Sharon were very lucky because it works out for them.
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