![]() ![]() It is very much an independent film but no one grasped that back in '88, largely because of unfortunate timing. It was half-heartedly released (by United Artists, then on its last leg) and casually dismissed by critics (that is, those who bothered to see it). There is an inclination to call this a lost film but, the fact is, this is a movie that was never found in the first place. Because sometimes, your trip ends before the in-flight movie does, and you really don’t want to ask the pilot to circle the airport just so you can catch the finale.David Beaird's "It Takes Two," from 1988, is an unusually accomplished and knowing little film, at once enchantingly funny and shrewdly observed.Because sometimes, you fall asleep watching a mediocre rental, and would rather return it on time than pay two more bucks just to see the end.Because sometimes, your TiVo timer didn’t get it quite right, and cut off the crucial final minutes of something that won’t get shown again for six months.Because sometimes, you’re not interested in seeing that movie everyone’s talking about but are dying to know what the hubbub is about anyway.Because sometimes, you vaguely remember an old movie that had some sort of plot twist at the end of it, but can’t remember what it was.Because sometimes, the surprise “spoiler” ending is the only reason you’d pay $11 to see what is otherwise a turkey of a film.Roger buys it off of him, and with Vincenzo as the driver, Roger, Diane and the girls head for a ride around Central Park, with the girls telling them all about how they set them up. They kiss, and then the horse buggy driver shows up to get his buggy back. Roger and Diane talk outside, and they realize that Alyssa and Amanda are their matchmakers. ![]() Roger finally sees Alyssa and Amanda, and he is properly introduced to the latter. Clarice screams that she has never been so humiliated in her life, but Amanda makes it worse for her by stepping on her wedding gown as she is leaving, causing it to rip apart and reveal her undergarments. ![]() Clarice slaps him, and she tries to do the same to both – respectively – Amanda and Alyssa, but Vincenzo and Diane stop her. Roger had just finished thinking about all of the good times he had with Diane, and when he sees her, he tells Clarice that he can’t marry her because he is in love with Diane. After telling Harry that she’ll be turning him over to Social Services, Diane and Alyssa take off to stop the wedding.Īfter landing in Central Park, Diane and Alyssa steal a horse buggy and ride it to the church, making it just as Roger and Clarice get to the “I do” part. Lou takes her in the helicopter to the salvage yard and she gets Alyssa. She calls the number, which proves to be the number for Roger’s helicopter pilot Lou. A neighbor tells her that the whole family is working at the salvage yard, and Harry Butkis (Ernie Grunwald) had adopted so many kids specifically for the purpose of working there. Vincenzo tells her to go get her and bring her to her father’s wedding, and leaves her a number to call with instructions to ask for Lou just in case if she gets into any trouble.ĭiane goes to the Butkis house, but finds no one home. He shows her photos of the two girls, and after getting over her shock over how they were identical, she informs him that the Butkises have adopted Alyssa, thinking that she was Amanda. She directs him to the children’s center in town, since she believed Alyssa and Diane were there, but he finds only Diane there. They kiss, and then they and the girls go out for a horse buggy ride around Central Park while the girls tell them all about how they set them up.Ī couple of hours before Roger’s wedding to Clarice, Amanda goes to Vincenzo and shows him several scars she obtained in her life that proves that she isn’t Alyssa, and she also tells him about her and Alyssa’s plan to get Roger and Diane together and get rid of Clarice. Roger finally sees both Alyssa and Amanda, and outside, he and Diane realize that Alyssa and Amanda were their matchmakers. ![]() She slaps him and storms out, and Alyssa humiliates her on the way out by ripping her dress off. After seeing Diane, Roger tells Clarice he can’t marry her because he is in love with Diane. After learning that Amanda (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Alyssa (Ashley Olsen) are identical strangers from Alyssa’s butler Vincenzo (Philip Bosco), whom Amanda had revealed the secret to first, Diane (Kirstie Alley) gets Alyssa from the unscrupulous Butkis family and takes her to the church where Roger (Steve Guttenberg) is marrying Clarice (Jane Sibbett), and they get there just as the “I do” part is happening. ![]()
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