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Twins (1989)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:9

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Twin brothers, hardly identical, are separated at birth. One is raised on an island with the perfect environment, the other is left in New York to survive. When each discovers the other exists,... Twin brothers, hardly identical, are separated at birth. One is raised on an island with the perfect environment, the other is left in New York to survive. When each discovers the other exists, they reunite and set off an a comic adventure in search of their mother. [More]

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, David Caruso, Bonnie Bartlett, Marshall Bell, Trey Wilson, Hugh O'Brian, Tony Jay, Nehemiah Persoff, Maury Chaykin, Tom McCleister, Rosemary Dunsmore, Frances Bay, Neith Hunter

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Ivan Reitman

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Reitman (one of the highest grossing directors of all time) has made a career peddling brain-dead schlock, but this tiresome gruel is even below his ground-level standards.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/06/08
Channel 4 Film

The film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/06/08
Philip Thomas
Philip Thomas
Empire Magazine
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Schwarzenegger proves to be mildly amusing, but DeVito seems to be coasting on his past reputation as an audience pleaser.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/06/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Director Ivan Reitman more than delivers on the wacky promise of Twins in this nutty, storybook tale of siblings separated at birth and reunited at age 35.

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05/06/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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03/16/07
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

DeVito displays his remarkable ability to shift from fast-talking cynicism to affecting sentiment, while Arnie reveals a reasonable talent for light comedy.

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09/30/06
Time Out

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06/13/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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12/08/04
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Broomfield Enterprise

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01/24/04
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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01/08/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

This movie improves with depression.

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10/22/03
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

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08/17/03
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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08/02/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

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06/05/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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06/04/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The sort of movie that seems to be made of Styrofoam. It's instantly disposable but it won't quickly disappear.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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04/26/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

No review available.

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03/03/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

An idea that began and ended with the casting session.

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02/27/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

Funny Ah-nold

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02/19/03
Kevin Fiddler
Kevin Fiddler
Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)
 
 
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