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    Twins (1988)

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    Far from the idiot farce its publicity suggested, this comedy by Ivan (Ghostbusters) Reitman is gentle, sweet, pleasant and highly agreeable. It also catapults Arnold Schwarzenegger into a new dimension as something other than a talking Mack truck.

    Arnie is the result of a genetic experiment that backfires, producing mismatched twins.

    Arnold’s the pure, virtuous Charles Atlas, and Danny DeVito is “all the crap that was left over.”

    Innocent and gullible, with an IQ as big as his biceps, Arnold uses his muscles to protect his brother, while DeVito, with the mind of a con man and the body of a toad, uses his twin’s good-natured innocence with larceny in mind.

    Before the movie runs out of gas, there are some funny bits when Arnold nukes his dinner in a microwave and DeVito heads for Texas carrying stolen goods in his trunk, with Arnold and two sex kittens in tow.

    By the end, DeVito learns the value of self-respect and Arnold is no longer a 230-pound virgin.

    This is as unlikely a screen team as the movies will ever invent, but the casting is so inspired you get double the pleasure, double the fun.

    Vincent Benedict
    Danny DeVito
    Julius Benedict
    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Marnie Mason
    Kelly Preston
    Linda Mason
    Chloe Webb
    Old Mary Ann Benedict
    Bonnie Bartlett
    Webster
    Marshall Bell
    Beetroot McKinley
    Trey Wilson
    Granger
    Hugh O’Brian
    Al Greco
    David Caruso
    Werner
    Tony Jay
    Mitchell Traven
    Nehemiah Persoff
    Burt Klane
    Maury Chaykin
    Bob Klane
    Tom McCleister
    Morris Klane
    David Efron
    Peter Garfield
    Peter Dvorsky

    Director
    Ivan Reitman

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