IMDb plot summary: A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.
Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, and Chloe Webb.
For being mostly a one-joke idea, this is executed much better than I anticipated. The two actors are playing to their strengths here, playing up not just their physical differences but their personalities, with Schwarzenegger playing the sweet naive brother who just wants to bond with his family, and DeVito playing the jaded criminal who doesn't trust anyone. Watching them interact and explore their fraternal relationship is entertaining enough that when a criminal-deal-gone-wrong subplot appears in the second half of the film, it feels unnecessary, a very obvious ploy to move along a story that was moving just fine on its own. Still an enjoyable second half, but it is noticeably a means to an end. I don't know that I'll rewatch this any time soon, but I'm glad I saw it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Twins > One, Two, Three
Twins > The Game
Twins < Revengers Tragedy
Twins < The Muppets
Twins < City Lights
Twins > Rounders
Twins > American Dreamz
Twins < Snowpiercer
Twins < Open Your Eyes
Twins < They Came Together
Twins < The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Twins > The Impostors
Final spot: #752 out of 3325, or 77%, which seems high but the chart does not lie.
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