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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :-
Schwarzenegger and De Vito (both!) steal the show in "Twins"., 20 March 2002
Author: brian james from at the critic's desk

Arnold "is back" as "Julius"; the result of a secret genetic experiment to help create a better human being. He has lived a sheltered life on a distant tropical island and has no real practical experience with real life issues; especially with dangerous situations involving criminal activity. He has matured into a kind of naive innocent not unlike anyone you may have found in the proverbial "Garden of Eden". His desire to trace his roots leads him to the big city where he soon discovers he has a "twin" brother named "Vincent" (expertly played by Danny De Vito). Vincent was raised in an orphanage and subsequently has led a life of crime; he seems to favor car theft as his main source of income. These two soon meet and the antics from then on are nothing but hilarious. Arnold attaches himself to Danny like a puppy dog and is very determined to help and protect him. Together, they seek their birth mother as well as get into all sorts of amusing and sometimes potentially dangerous situations. But don't worry fans; with Ah-nold around what could possibly go wrong? Just remember to add this VERY funny movie to your collection of comedies on DVD and remember to pay (or avoid altogether) those parking tickets! Or get a bicycle! Or a scooter! Just don't forget the pop corn!

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
Arnold's best comedy, 8 January 2002
Author: Real Critic

The mismatched duo of Schwarzenegger and DeVito work to perfection in this hilarious comedy. Arnold is great as Julius, the one who always looks at the bright side, and DeVito is fantastic as Vincent, the greedy, dull, and depressed one. Marshall Bell is also a formidable bad guy. Sit back and enjoy. 3/4

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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful :-
My Rating: A Pair of Twins., 6 July 2002
Author: tfrizzell from United States

Part of a genetic experiment and separated at birth, twins Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito meet at last some 30 years later and hilarious situations follow. A sophomoric idea turns out to work beautifully due to the performances of the film's two leads. Just enough suspense is created as the two look for their long lost mother and DeVito gets into hot water when he steals a car that has some very valuable cargo in the trunk. A nice little entertaining film that serves its purpose well. 4 stars out of 5.

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :-
entertaining despite two unconventional leads, 26 April 2002
Author: Special-K88

Odd, but entertaining comedy finds Scwarzenegger on a tropical island where he's lived and been educated his entire life without interaction from the outside world. He learns that he's the result of a sophisticated experiment and that he and reckless con man DeVito are in fact twin brothers who were separated at birth. They finally meet and are dumbfounded to learn how alike they are, despite their physical dissimilarities and their drastically different upbringing. The initial ingredients of this comedy seem far-fetched and desperately protracted, but the film is performed with enthusiasm, laugh-out loud funny, and has a good sense of family values. It goes without saying that DeVito and Schwarzenegger are an awkward casting choice, yet they connect and only add to the film's overall enjoyment. ***

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13 out of 18 people found the following comment useful :-
very fun movie, 27 February 2002

Author: OzzyCash from Nashville, TN

I'm a big Arnold fan so I enjoy most of his films and this is easily the best comedy he's ever done, one of the best comedies ever period! It deserves a much higher vote than a 5.9 I'd give it a 9. Arnold has been living on an island with his teacher for all his life till he finds out he has a twin so he goes and finds him and together they get Devito out of trouble, ok I didn't tell the story well but the movie is just hilarious and fun to watch Arnold and Devito make a good team.

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
One of Arnie's better comedies., 27 June 2004

Author: DAVID SIM from United Kingdom

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The idea of Arnold Schwarzenegger being in a comedy sounds like a recipe for disaster. But his stiff delivery actually works in his favour for this film, and he makes a great double-act with Danny DeVito.

Arnie plays Julius Benedict, and is the result of a top secret government experiment to create the world's most physically and mentally enhanced human being. Six men who were model citizens, like athletes and scientists were chosen to contribute a sample of genetic material. Mary-Ann Benedict was chosen to carry the baby. But instead of giving birth to one baby, she had twins.

Julius was taken to a tropical island in the South Pacific where he was educated and cared for. By the time he was 35, he can speak up to twelve languages, holds degrees in biology, chemistry and physics, and is an expert in the martial arts. When he is told he has a twin brother, Vincent, he decides to leave the seclusion of the island to find him.

Vincent (Danny DeVito) had a completely different upbringing than Julius. He was taken to an orphanage in Los Angeles, where he eventually ran away. By the time he was 35, he is up to his eyes in debt, loan sharks are after him, and he is now in jail.

When they finally meet, they are both shocked that they look nothing alike, and are almost completely different in every way. Julius is very naive, and has a big heart. Vincent is a selfish hustler, who has as much taste for women as he does for money. Despite their differences, they try to track down their mother, and learn more about each other in the process.

Arnie and DeVito have a terrific chemistry, and director Ivan Reitman made the wise choice of putting the two of them together. Its clear in their scenes together that they enjoyed working with each other. Scenes such as Julius saving Vince from a loan shark, and Vince teaching Julius how to dance are definite highlights.

Reitman adds more into the film with a subplot about a stolen engine Vince wants to sell. Honestly this doesn't contribute anything to the film, and the most interesting things are Julius and Vince's exploits.

Arnie manages to be convincingly awkward as he deals with the outside world for the first time. DeVito is perfectly cast too, and he shows what a great actor he is by being dramatic as well as sarcastic. Interestingly, when Reitman paired them up again in Junior, the magic wasn't the same.

Although not on the same level with Reitman's Ghostbusters or Evolution, Twins is very entertaining, and is carried almost single-handed by Arnie and DeVito.

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13 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-
Schwarzenegger and DeVito twins? Stranger things have happened., 18 April 2000
Author: Op_Prime from Ardmore, PA

Twins is a hilarious film and one of DeVito and Schwarzenegger's best films of all. Schwarzenegger is the kind of actor that can act in serious movies and funny movies. He certainly proves he can do that in this movie. And DeVito is just perfect for his role. From start to finish, Twins is a hilarious movie that makes your sides ache with laughter.

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
Above average fish out of water/odd couple type comedy, 10 April 2003

Author: blw37 from New Zealand

This is a quietly amusing film which I enjoyed more than I expected.

While Schwarzenegger is the "star" of the movie, this is really de Vito's film. He dominates every scene he is in, and maintains a manic character who actually shows some change as the film progresses without losing the basic energy of his persona.

While the plot is a little tenuous at times and there are only one or two real belly laughs I enjoyed the film, even on the small screen. Worth watching, but probably not worth buying.

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Have Nothing in Common, Except For---They're Twins!, 25 July 2003
Author: (robocoptng986127@aol.com) from U.S.A

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Many, many years ago, a group of scientists, headed by Dr. Werner, performed a genetic experiment. They took the sperm of six of the world's most accomplished atheletes and scientists, mixed them together and impregnated a woman, Mary Ann Benedict. Soon her sons were born. They were supposed to be identical twins, but unfortunately when the embryos split up, they did not come out equal. The first born son, Julius, was taken away by Werner and raised on a tropical island.

He grew up into a gentle, muscular giant. He led the good life, while he "twin", Vincent, was abandoned and taken to an orphanage. He led the bad life. He became a bad gambler, a womanizer, and was always up to his butt in debts. He was always under the impression that his mother had abandoned him, which just wasn't true. All their lives, Julius and Vincent had no idea they were twin brothers, but when Werner spelled it out for Julius, he headed to the USA to find Vincent. He arrived in Los Angeles and began his search, while Vincent stole a BMW and sold it to a chop shop guy. The Klane brothers (loan sharks) also hastled him on a daily basis.

Soon Vincent lands in jail due to he had over 200 unpaid parking tickets. Julius comes to visit him. He tells Vincent everything and he totally doesn't believe him. He convinces Julius to bail him out then he abandons him. However because he was his twin, Julius follows Vincent and saves him from the brutal Klanes. Vincent then heads to boost a Catillac, but unbeknownst to him, two guys had planted the Catillac there because they intended another man, Webster, to boost it. Vincent got there first and drove off. Unbeknownst to him, a very top secret device was in the trunk; Vincent and Julius stop at the super market where they run into Vincent's girlfriends, Marnie and Linda. Linda takes a shine to Julius; Julius wants to find their mother, but Vincent declines. So the next day while Julius runs into one of his fathers, Vincent discovers the plot surrounding the car and the device in the trunk. The device was for Beetroot McKinley in Houston, Texas. Beetroot tells Vincent he'll pay him $5,000,000 to deliver it to him. Vincent, speechless, jumps in the Catillac but is immediately stopped by Julius, Marnie and Linda who wanted to come along, so the four hit the road. Julius wanted to stop in New Mexico first to further trace their back history.

Julius and Vincent learn more about their mother and Julius get's his first love making experience with Linda. Soon they gang arrives in Houston where they first start looking for Mary Ann, only they learn she had died. They left feeling distraught but unbeknownst to them, the woman who told them was in fact Mary Ann. At one point, Vincent is so over come that he jumps in the car and abandons Julius, Marnie and Linda and delivers the device to Beetroot, who is soon killed by Webster. He then tries to kill Vincent, but it's Julius to the rescue. Vincent pulls a lever and a mile long chain begins dumping on Webster, marking the end of him. Well, Julius and Vincent go into business together and eventually meet their mother and all turns out alright.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are good together. Also in the cast are Kelly Preston and the late Trey Wilson, whom we all know as Nathan Arizona from Raising Arizona. Schwarzenegger and DeVito starred together in another film, Junior, which was also directed by Ivan Reitman. I don't think it's a sequel to Twins, but then I haven't seen it. I plan to soon. But anyway, if you're a fan of Arnold or Danny or both, then I recommend Twins! It's double fun!

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
A fun little and big comedy!, 17 October 2006

Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

Now, I was only 3 when this movie was released, so obviously I couldn't see it in the theater, it never really got brought up in my house, I don't even know anyone who has seen this movie. But I watched I love the 80's one time and they brought up this movie and it looked pretty funny. It had some really nice comedic moments with both Arnold and Danny, they were both so naturally funny and clicked so well together, you'd almost believe they were related, they were so in sync.

It's about Arnold and Danny being separated at birth, it was meant for only Arnold to be born and just turn into the perfect human being, he pretty much is, he's kind, sensitive, funny, and disciplined. But there was a side effect and all the badness was born into Danny, Arnold learns he has a brother and flies to New York to see him. Arnold is more obvious as the one who wants a family while Danny is just trying to get his way out of debt with the Mafia.

Twins is a fun little comedy that I think anyone could enjoy. Although, it's not my favorite comedy with either Danny or Arnold, they still had so much fun that you couldn't resist this film. Especially how Arnold sings "That good ol' rock -n- roll", just hilarious!

6/10

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