Twice the Fun, Double the Trouble.
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.
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Effortless, resolved, classical in form and warm.
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Lindsay LohanHallie Parker / Annie James
- Dennis QuaidNick Parker
- Natasha RichardsonElizabeth James
- Elaine HendrixMeredith Blake
- Lisa Ann WalterChessy
- Simon KunzMartin
- Polly HollidayMarva Kulp, Sr.
- Maggie WheelerMarva Kulp, Jr.
- Ronnie StevensGrandfather
- Erin MackeyHallie / Annie Acting Double
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- Nancy MeyersDirector
- Nancy MeyersScreenplay
- David SwiftScreenplay
- Charles ShyerScreenplay
- Erich KästnerNovel
- Dean CundeyDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen A. RotterEditor
- Charles ShyerProducer
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