Rewatching…The Parent Trap for Nostalgiathon

Hosted by Andy Watches Movies and Cinema Schminema, Nostalgiathon is, very simply, about rewatching any favourite childhood movie and seeing how it holds up now.

I really liked this idea, since I tend to rewatch quite a lot of my favourite movies and TV shows from time to time. A “childhood” movie for me was sometimes a film that my dad watched while I sat next to him on the couch…rather lost and unsure. Especially if there were some explicit sexual references and I’d be secretly thinking, “Am I a bit too young to be watching this?” Even today, I still enjoy possibly rather inappropriate “childhood” joys like Frasier and Twin Peaks.

But I’ve decided to relive a more proper “childhood” movie instead, because I doubt I’ll enjoy covering There’s Something About Mary as a so-called “childhood” movie. So here’s my take after rewatching the delightful The Parent Trap (Nancy Meyers, 1998):

I absolutely loved it when I was a kid, but what about as a 20-year-old almost-adult (i.e. now)?