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The Parent Trap
1998
· Movie
· 128 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1878
- IMDb #2829
- Google retired #141
- Rotten Tomatoes #1753
- Metacritic #1921
- Letterboxd #998
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1493
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2457
- Metacritic Critics #2184
- Metacritic Audience #1583
- Criticker #2975
- Douban #350
- Kinopoisk #1465
- AlloCiné #2409
- Trakt #1005
Every rating
35–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 35, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →At summer camp, two identical twin girls, separated at birth, meet for the first time. After initial rivalry, they discover they are sisters and decide to switch places. One will go to London to meet their mother, the other to California to meet their father, as they concoct a plan to reunite their long-divorced parents.
Details
- Director
- Nancy Meyers
- Writers
- Charles Shyer, David Swift, Nancy Meyers
- Based on
- Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner
- Released
- 28 July 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $92.1M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 wins from 9 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Artios Awards 1999 | Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy | Ilene Starger | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Female Newcomer | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
| Online Film & Television Association 1999 | Best Youth Performance | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
| Online Film & Television Association 1999 | Best Breakthrough Performance: Female | Lindsay Lohan | Winner |
| Online Film & Television Association 1999 | Best Family Actress | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
| Young Artist Awards 1999 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Lindsay Lohan | Winner |
| Young Artist Awards 1999 | Best Family Feature - Comedy | The Parent Trap | Nominee |
| International Film Music Critics Association 1998 | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
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Online Film & Television Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Breakthrough Performance: Female | Lindsay Lohan | Winner |
| Best Family Actress | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
| Best Youth Performance | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Lindsay Lohan | Winner |
| Best Family Feature - Comedy | The Parent Trap | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy | Ilene Starger | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Female Newcomer | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | Alan Silvestri | Nominee |
YoungStar Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film | Lindsay Lohan | Nominee |