I can’t blame you if this knowledge prevents you from enjoying or even watching this movie. Her political views are reprehensible, and undeniably taint her otherwise charismatic and down-to-earth performance as Diane. She’s admitted to voting for him not once, but twice, and endorsed him during his 2020 campaign. Let’s pause to address the obvious: Alley is a virulent supporter of Donald Trump, one who has remained steadfast despite his blatantly false claims of election fraud in recent days. Hal Hinson at the Washington Post wrote, “With their perilously wide, Walter Keane eyes, the Olsen twins are cute enough, but compared with other child performers their charms seem forced.” The New York Times piled on, with Stephen Holden writing that, “The Olsen sisters lay on the icky-poo cuteness with several trowels, often delivering their lines as though they were reciting the alphabet.” In the critical equivalent of a “meh, you won’t die of boredom if you’re forced to watch,” Edward Guthmann at the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Take The Parent Trap, the old Disney summertime chestnut with Hayley Mills, toss it with Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, and you've got the formula for It Takes Two, a harmless caper that ought to thrill girls under 12, and offer modest diversion to their parents.” Critics hated it, adding Andy Tennant’s feature directorial debut, written by Davis, to the trash heap of overlooked movies explicitly made for young girls, and therefore unworthy of much attention.
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