63
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIrresistible family entertainment.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertQuaid is instantly likable, with that goofy smile. Richardson, who almost always plays tougher roles and harder women, this time is astonishing, she's so warm and attractive.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe natural, pleasurable 1990s hipness [Lohan] brings to her assignment is therefore all the more impressive. Hayley-holics should be grateful to this new girl at camp too.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe visual illusion that Ms. Lohan is actually two characters has been accomplished so seamlessly that it barely diverts attention from one of the film's greatest passions, its product plugs.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe rewrite went well, and the crew did a fine job; but you insult us, Mein Disney, serving up leftovers on such expensive china.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Ray ConlogueIt's an enjoyable film, carried along by the perennial strength of the story... But it won't have the staying power of the original.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe technology for twinning a single young actress is considerably more seamless than it was in 1961, and Lohan is a perky charmer.
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaYoung girls will enjoy Lohan's matchmaking antics. But nostalgia-craving oldsters should stick to fond memories of Hayley [Mills]'s heyday.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThere is still a self-consciousness and a forced quality to much of the humor that this TPT redux just can't shake.