Twin Sisters (2002)

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

two sisters. two different worlds. a war. it is a chronicle of a century drama. a story. or just a parable. a delicate trip in heart of profound pain. without verdict. without explanations. only pictures. a meeting. and desire to be happy. chain of tragedies, it is not sad or cruel. only realistic. a lesson about existences and need of the other. and extraordinary end. great virtue - it not becomes a pledge or moral. only a delicate portrait. for society, nature of joy, ash of a time, pain of many families and sketch of reconciliation with the other. with yourself. it is beautiful. and profound. touching. and delicate. a lesson of history in a different manner.

I almost didn't watch this when I realized it would likely be a WWII Jewish victim movie. Don't get me wrong....I am 60 and have watched these things all my life but I am simply tired of them-- I have OD'd on them. There is never a bad Jewish character in them and the Germans are made out as bad as possible in a cartoon fashion.The most effective anti Nazi movies I have watched are in fact their own propaganda movies you can see through them easily. There is a good one on the Warsaw Ghetto and Vichy France.I am gay I might have been gassed too. Yes I believe the Holocaust happened for your information. (I was asked that when I told someone my view on these movies).This movie about 2 twin sisters separated early in life Lotte and Anna is actually a very moving movie. Unfortunately it has too much of the PC stuff I am talking about to be a really breakout film. Disheven German officers shooting baby animals and so forth. But unbelievably it had a very sympathetic German couple in it. In fact the German Actors playing Anna and her Husband were far better actors (and better looking) than the Dutch ones playing Lotte and David--just a fact.It would get about a 7 if the PC filters were not needed as they are it gets a 5. Put some PC filters on and and give it time it is slow moving in the beginning. It will make you cry. It is estimated that 72 million civilians and troops were killed during WWII it is useful to remember them so their suffering was not in vain.RECOMMEND

Normally I don't see movies as good as this one. I happened across this film one night when I had nothing to do. I saw the title and thought it would be a mushy story about twin sisters...all rainbows and glitter. I was pleasantly surprised and thought the whole concept behind the story was genius. Not only is the story wonderful the movie quality is wonderful. It is now ranked among my favorite films. This movie truly embraces what it was like to be on both sides of the war. I found myself sympathizing with Anna even though I feel as negatively as I do about Hitler and Nazi Germany. I also deeply sympathized with Lotte and the suffering she and her fiancé went threw. In the end I wanted them to put it all behind them and embrace each other again.

This is a must see movie, which changes from the vast quantity of Hollywood WW II movies that already exist. De Tweeling is based on a book by Tessa Loo, and produced by a Dutch/Luxembourgish crew. The movie plays in the Netherlands and Luxembourg, although they will want to make you believe it is Belgium. This is the only reason why I haven't rated it with a ten out of ten. The movie perfectly reflects the great and small drama's that certainly happened during the war, and grasps the public's attention from beginning till the end. De Tweeling has been nominated for the Oscar's in 2004 but alas did not get this great reward.