The Parent Trap Film Analysis

The Parent Trap (1961) featured two teenage twin sisters who swap places and plan to reunite their long lost divorced parents. Thirteen year olds Aristocrat Sharon McKendrick and Californian Susan Evers meet at summer camp where they realize their similarities from hair, face, and habits. Competition drives these girls to dislike each other, and they go extreme lengths to make their stay at camp horrible for each other. They carry out a series of aggravations against each other, therefore the camp counselors step into the situation and place the two in solitary confinement. They are then isolated from other camp members and forced to eat, sleep and play with each other. During their isolation is when they learn about each other families and …show more content…
At first, the two didn’t like each other but they found out that they were twins. Their parents separated and each of them went with one parent, Susan with their dad and Sharon with their mom. Summer camp has been a program that can be considered as a tradition for children and teenagers. In the movie, there was also a scene with a dance, where everyone was so excited to attend to. It can also be noted that despite the fact that the setting of the movie is in U.S., the actors speak with British accents. The movie also features music like the ones that are heard from fairy tales. Also, like in these kinds of movies, the characters also …show more content…
The settings for the movie are very modern, as it started from a very classy scene of the lovers, Annie and Hallie’s parents. The movie also opened with a scene from the summer camp, with a modern music. By listening to the conversations made by the little girls shown in the scenes, you can get a feel of modernity because the young ladies are talking about their digital phone and etc. Realism was used by the movie, wherein its main goal is to provide a movie based on real life situations. These kinds of movies are easier to do as compared to those that need various effects. They require real places for the setting and minimal fancy things to make the scenes seem real. In the newer version of The Parent Trap, differences in culture of the twins was depicted by making one of them a typical American child and the other one a more conservative British child. For the dialogues, the actors used simple English. Transitions for the movie are sudden and there are no lag times. Aside from these, the quality of the movie is good, with good resolution and clear