Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The Parent Trap III

“Parent Trap III,” released in 1989, is an absurd, relentlessly cheerful continuation of the franchise that began with the 1961 film.

In the two-hour, two-part “Magical World of Disney” TV film, Hayley Mills briefly reprises her role as twins Susan and Sharon Evers.

The story focuses instead on her sister, an interior decorator hired to redesign the beach house owned by Jeff Wyatt (Barry Bostwick), the widowed father of identical, satisfying teenage triplets (Leanna, Monica, and Joy Creel) who is about to marry an extremely pretentious woman (Jill Tyler from “Home Improvement,” Patricia Richardson).

Clifford Terry said in his review, “Fat chance. Before long, the girls are acting as matchmakers between Susan and their Dad . At the same time, they are busily complicating their own lives by trading places and boy friends-''a game,'' as the press release puts it, ''that Susan knows only too well.''”

For a television film, this sinks the franchise into a lower level. I couldn’t find this film anywhere, but my friend told me about a website where I could go buy this DVD. Both of us didn’t know if it was legit or not, but I bought the DVD and watched it. I regret watching this because this was bad. This is not being called one of the worst sequels, but just one of those bad ones that you easily forget about. Never watch this movie.

This film (much like the first two) is paired with the fourth film in the franchise. Yes, you heard right, there is a fourth film to the franchise. If you want to know how that was, stay tuned tomorrow when I review that in the continuation of “Disney Month 2023.”

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