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Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
Release : | 1988 |
Rating : | 6.2 |
Studio : | Universal Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Assistant Property Master, |
Cast : | Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito Kelly Preston Chloe Webb Bonnie Bartlett |
Genre : | Comedy |
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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Twins is one of those late 80s comedy classics with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito; directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters). Ivan Reitman is masterful at bringing humor into this film without it becoming silly; along with providing an edgy under-toe throughout the film. For all those who complain Arnold can't act, they need to watch this film. While I'm not a huge fan of De Vito, he provides a cynical realism to the film along with some of the more humorous moments.Re-united after several decades of separation, twins Julius (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (De Vito) Benedict set out to find the woman who was the "mother" in the lab experiment that created them...and unbeknownst to Julius, Vincent wants to deliver a stolen engine to a buyer in Texas....an engine that a ruthless hit man is looking to get back by any means necessary. While Schwarzenegger and De Vito were pretty funny (above average for Schwarzenegger and classic De Vito), the hit man was my favorite. He was not your stereotypical bad guy at the time and Marshall Bell brought out the "geek" in him. Sadly it's something many media have now tried to create a stereotype of... all attempts have failed.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.
TWINS is the first and best of the three Schwarzenegger comedies (the others were JUNIOR and JINGLE ALL THE WAY), thanks to a freshness of feel and some genuinely funny moments in the script. Schwarzenegger is truly believable as the lunk-headed fish out of water who makes his way to America and discovers that his long-lost twin brother Danny DeVito is a small-time crook with plenty of trouble of his own to contend with.The film has plenty of laugh out loud moments and Schwarzenegger's goofy, idiotic charm fits well with DeVito's sharper, more cynical wit. Yes, there's some sentimentality here in the form of the search for the long-lost mother, but overall this is solid fun, especially when chronicling the twosome's constant outwitting of the various bad guys (including TOTAL RECALL's Marshall Bell) out to get them.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett and Marshall Bell star in Ivan Reitman's 1988 comedy. Schwarzenegger plays Julius Benedict, a mild-mannered man who was raised on a tropical island. He learns he was separated at birth from twin brother, Vincent (DeVito) who became a womanizer & small-time crook. Soon, they meet and get to know each other learning they're complete opposites. They also learn about their mother, Mary Ann and search for her. Vincent also gets in over his head when he steals a Cadillac with a valuable engine in the trunk. Preston plays Marnie, Webb plays her sister, Linda who is Vincent's ex-girlfriend, Bell plays dangerous, delivery man, Webster and Bartlett plays Mary Ann, an artist who turns out to be Julius & Vincent's mother. I've always enjoyed this film, Arnold & Danny are great together and reunited 6 years after this in Reitman's other film, "Junior." I recommend this good comedy.
Twins is a terrific movie with a well developed and comedic storyline and a really good cast.I don't think you could have gotten anyone better than Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito to play two completely nonidentical twins.The movie is unusual for DeVito,but its one of the few comedies Schwarzenegger is in,and its probably his best,hes a very funny,stupid and energetic character in this movie,and people that think he can only play characters like the Terminator will see that he can act really well with completely different characters.I've heard rumors about a sequel called Triplets,that will star Eddie Murphy as the third twin.Ihope these rumors are true because it sounds like it would be a very funny addition to an already very different set of twins.Fans of family comedies,Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger will definitely enjoy this movie.Two long lost nonidentical twins born from an experiment meet up many years later and work together to find their mother.