Revealing mistake: When Hallie trashes Annie's cabin and the huge water balloon is about to fall on Annie's head, the camera is at a downward view and Annie clearly steps into the trail of the balloon instead of jumping away. (00:18:05)
The Parent Trap (1998)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix
When Annie arrives in California, she discovers Nick is engaged to Meredith, a beautiful and much younger woman. Realizing Meredith is only after Nick’s money, the twins reveal that they switched places. Elizabeth flies to California with Hallie so the twins can be switched back. Annie and Hallie plot to break up dad’s engagement and get their parents back together. Greedy Meredith is exposed as a gold digger, and Nick and Elizabeth realize they are still in love and remarry.
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Nick Parker: You two help Meredith.
Meredith Blake: Sure you'll help me. Right over a cliff, you'll help me.
Hallie Parker: Not a bad idea.
Annie James: Yeah, see any cliffs?
Trivia: As Hal meets Meredith coming out of an elevator in the hotel, she is mumbling "Let's Get Together", which was a song from the original movie.
Question: In the scene where the dad tells Annie, pretending to be Hallie, that he is going to marry Meredith, Hallie yells a bunch of stuff in French. Does anyone know what she was saying?
Answer: She actually said, "Marry her?! That's insane! How can you marry a woman young enough to be my big sister?!"
Answer: Not really but I think she was saying you're kidding.
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Answer: I hope that you are joking, Meredith is not the girl for you. But it is possible that I am dreaming that this is so.
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