What is there to say? This is just a straight continuation of the story in Parent Trap III and as such just as avoidable. One thing I didn’t write in my review there was what I think is these two installments’ biggest failing – they focus way too much on the adults. I guess maybe they were trying to make the movies “grow up” with the fans of the first sequel (which, one supposes, was made since the video generation had just come across the original) – it’s still way too stuffy, even with Hayley Mills still floating around. Glenn Shadix (*Beetle Juice* and Heathers) provides some relief I seem to recall (writing up long after watching again, sorry), but it’s still really sad, even for a TV movie.

Eep. I didn’t need my full attention on this one to know from the start my pleasant surprise at part two wasn’t gonna last long. Threequel means we get triplets – well done – but clearly they cast the only triplets they could find, who all look (ok that’s redundant) like Amy Fisher, and basically this movie serves as a reason why you shouldn’t cast triplets as triplets unless you’re making a porno. They’re bad – and I’m not just saying that ‘cos they’re not cute as Hayley and Lindsay and Carrie etc … but for the record, they’re not

Hayley fares better here than in part two, it’s gotta be said – but that’s perhaps only ‘cos alongside the girls and Barry Bostwick, the frustratingly brief scenes with her simply carry the class she brings to everything she’s in. She even sings a few notes late in the game – okay, it’s about as pointless as Julie Andrews’ singing in Princess Diaries 2 but sometimes it really is the little things, lol. When I realise I’d rather be watching an episode of “Saved By the Bell” ... that’s when a movie is really not good.