The Parent Trap: Lindsay Lohan shines in breakout role as a pair of conniving twins
Performing a dual role in her first ever film, a 12-year-old Lohan cuts through the Disney of it all with charm, star power, and a whole slew of pranks The Parent Trap is streaming in Australia on Disney+. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia, click here The Parent Trap is a charming 1998 family film that will appeal to adults and kids alike, but please don’t use it as an instructional manual on how to raise children. An American winery owner and a British dressmaker enjoy a whirlwind romance and a quickfire wedding, only to get divorced shortly after the birth of their twin daughters. Rather than work out a shared custody deal, they instead decide it is in the best interests of their baby girls to split the twins up, take them to different sides of the world, and then never inform either of the existence of the other. And if that wasn’t traumatising enough, neither daughter is given any information about their absent parent, being raised in a world of repression and whispers. Continue reading...
