It’s a bit funny to write about a movie that came out 10 years ago, but my nephew and niece were watching it last night when I got home, and I felt “trapped” into watching it with them. And I say trap in a good way, meaning I couldn’t leave without finishing it first because it was so funny and heartwarming.

The Parent Trap is definitely a classic, and is one of my family’s favorite films to watch when we’re together. Lindsay Lohan was really cute in this movie too, plus her British accent (as Annie) was dead-on.

Anyway, here are my favorite scenes from The Parent Trap:

#1 When Hallie (Lindsay Lohan) first met her mom, Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) on the stairs of the James household. The scene was just so happy and sad at the same time, because there’s the excitement of meeting her mother for the first time, but there’s also the pain of the lost years and her yearning to meet her mom (or mum, as the British call it).

#2 When Hallie finally told her mom that she wasn’t Annie, because Annie was in Napa with her father. This scene gets me every time. I mean seriously, can you watch this part and not tear up even just a bit?

#3 When Annie first met her dad, Nick Parker (Dennis Quaid), and she jumped up to his arms and hung onto his neck, saying “Finally!!!” It’s another bittersweet moment in the film.

#4 When Nick told Annie (whom he thought was Hallie) about making his young publicist, Meredith Blake (Elaine Hendrix), a part of their family. Annie said it was brilliant because she’d always wanted to have a big sister. When her dad explained that he was planning to marry (and not adopt) Meredith, Annie bursts out in French. The expression on her dad’s face was hilarious when he asked, “I didn’t know you could speak French?”

#5 When Chessy found out that Hallie was actually Annie, and then the dad came and asked her, “Why are you looking at her (Hallie) like that?”

Here’s an interesting trivia – the actress who played Meredith’s mother is the same actress who played the evil girlfriend (Meredith’s role) in the 1961 movie The Parent Trap. In that film, she was also named Vicky.