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.
DeVito displays his remarkable ability to shift from fast-talking cynicism to affecting sentiment, while Arnie reveals a reasonable talent for light comedy.
– ,
Time Out,
30 Sep 2006
fresh:
It is an engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
There's enough sugary male bonding to warrant a Sensitive Guys Red Alert.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The sort of movie that seems to be made of Styrofoam. It's instantly disposable but it won't quickly disappear.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Director Ivan Reitman more than delivers on the wacky promise of Twins in this nutty, storybook tale of siblings separated at birth and reunited at age 35.