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The Parent Trap

1998 · 128 min · Director: Nancy Meyers ★ IMDb 6.7 · 177,607 ratings

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When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a wine maker named Nick, living in two different sides of the universe, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to inform their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in San Francisco, which later reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other.

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The Parent Trap (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 30%, Humor 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Joy
25%Humor
20%Love
  1. Joy30%
  2. Humor25%
  3. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Humor, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Joy, Humor and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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  • Love
  • Joy
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Love
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveJoyHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Love43 %25 %35 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Joy50 %11 %35 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor53 %6 %25 %44 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Humor51 %23 %25 %36 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Joy55 %39 %38 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Joy57 %46 %44 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Love61 %57 %49 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Love61 %53 %43 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Tension56 %29 %21 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Tension59 %24 %11 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Tension64 %40 %16 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Love64 %53 %25 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 80′Love60 %46 %28 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Humor59 %40 %26 %45 %
72.5 %≈ 93′Love61 %50 %30 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 99′Love59 %46 %25 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Humor55 %29 %21 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 112′Humor61 %36 %34 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 118′Love73 %63 %53 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 125′Love78 %77 %67 %15 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Elaine Hendrix

Meredith Blake

LA
Lisa Ann Walter

Chessy

Simon Kunz

Martin

PH
Polly Holliday

Marva Kulp, Sr.

MW
Maggie Wheeler

Marva Kulp, Jr.

RS
Ronnie Stevens

Grandfather

EM
Erin Mackey

Hallie / Annie Acting Double

JB
Joanna Barnes

Vicki Blake

ME
Maggie Emma Thomas

Zoe

CW
Courtney Woods

Nicole

Kat Graham

Jackie

ML
Michael Lohan Jr.

Lost Boy at Camp

RS
Rachel Sullivan

Navajo Bunk Girl

KD
Katie DeShan

Navajo Bunk Girl

BH
Brighton Hertford

Navajo Bunk Girl

JL
Jennifer Lin

Navajo Bunk Girl

Details

Directed by
Nancy Meyers
Written by
Nancy Meyers, Erich Kästner, David Swift, Charles Shyer
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
128 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 177,607 ratings
Feels mostly
Joy
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