It Takes Two
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 17, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is harmless and fitfully amusing. Read full review
40
EmpirePaul Merrill
Staggeringly laboured though this premise may be, it also has the potential for some lightweight farce to pass the time. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
It seems only fitting that the flavorless Guttenberg would land in this smooth tapioca concoction, but Alley deserves better. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Writer Deborah Dean Davis and director Andy Tennant are fully aware of the absolute predictability of their material and therefore make the getting to an inevitable ending as much fun as possible. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
The Olsens' precociousness and sitcom-style mugging grate at first, but I found myself warming to their movie in its last half - thanks mostly to Alley, a crackerjack physical comic who's incapable of a flat or colorless note. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
The adorable overacting of the twins [Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen] make this otherwise dopey movie watchable. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The premise clicks, the stars couldn't be more likable, and It Takes Two is as cute and imaginatively directed a family movie as we've had all year. [17 Nov 1995]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The movie is a competent formula kid flick stuffed to the dimples with movie deja vu, a sop to those Hollywood-bashing politicians who want old-fashioned family values on their celluloid. [17 Nov 1995]
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Under the direction of Andy Tennant, the Olsen sisters lay on the icky-poo cuteness with several trowels, often delivering their lines as though they were reciting the alphabet. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This modern-day hybrid of "The Prince and the Pauper" and "The Parent Trap" is a slickly contrived showcase for the professionally cute Olsen Twins, late of TV's Full House. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
A rote variation on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper that is marginally salvaged by those spunky Olsen twins from ABC's Full House. [17 Nov 1995]
60
VarietyLeonard Klady
Quite simply, It Takes Two is just too cute for words. Read full review
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