Twins (1988)
Only their mother can tell them apart.
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Twins rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.2/10· 146K votes
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Metacritic50%
TMDb6.044/10· 3K votesWith 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.2/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Twins
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.
Cast of Twins
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Julius Benedict
Danny DeVito
as Vincent Benedict
Kelly Preston
as Marnie Mason
Chloe Webb
as Linda Mason
Bonnie Bartlett
as Old Mary Ann Benedict
Marshall Bell
as Webster
Trey Wilson
as Beetroot McKinley
David Caruso
as Al Greco
Hugh O'Brian
as Granger
Tony Jay
as Werner
Nehemiah Persoff
as Mitchell Traven
Maury Chaykin
as Burt Klane
Twins facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $216.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •comedy chemistry between leads works perfectly
- •opposites premise generates consistent laughs
- •lighthearted tone appeals to broad audience
What the audience disliked
- •jokes rely heavily on physical comedy repetition
- •plot becomes formulaic and predictable halfway
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