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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters named Emily and Teresea "Tess" Tyler (played by Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, respectively. Emily (who's passionate about surfing) and Tess (who's a member of a high-diving team) have made various attempts to help their widowed father, Max (a talented artist and sculptor) get a girlfriend. When all their initial attempts end in failure, the twins (with some help from Cody, a friend of theirs who has an obvious crush on Tess) decide to paint an advertisement on a giant UsefulNotes/{{billboard}} is situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters named Emily and Teresea "Tess" Tyler (played by Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, respectively. Emily (who's passionate about surfing) and Tess (who's a member of a high-diving team) have made various attempts to help their widowed father, Max (a talented artist and sculptor) {{sculptor|s}}) get a girlfriend. When all their initial attempts end in failure, the twins (with some help from Cody, a friend of theirs who has an obvious crush on Tess) decide to paint an advertisement on a giant UsefulNotes/{{billboard}} is situated high above Sunset Boulevard.
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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters named Emily and Teresea "Tess" Tyler (played by Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, respectively. Emily (who's passionate about surfing) and Tess (who's a member of a high-diving team) have made various attempts to help their widowed father, Max (a talented artist and sculptor) get a girlfriend. When all their initial attempts end in failure, the twins (with some help from Cody, a friend of theirs who has an obvious crush on Tess) decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard is situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters named Emily and Teresea "Tess" Tyler (played by Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, respectively. Emily (who's passionate about surfing) and Tess (who's a member of a high-diving team) have made various attempts to help their widowed father, Max (a talented artist and sculptor) get a girlfriend. When all their initial attempts end in failure, the twins (with some help from Cody, a friend of theirs who has an obvious crush on Tess) decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard UsefulNotes/{{billboard}} is situated high above Sunset Boulevard.
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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister, Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), a member of a high-diving team, who try various stratagems to get a girlfriend for their widowed dad, Max, a talented artist and sculptor. After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily--with a little help from their friend, Cody (who has an obvious crush on Tess)--decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

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In this 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around a pair of twin sisters named Emily and Teresea "Tess" Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, (played by Ashley and her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, respectively. Emily (who's passionate about surfing) and Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), (who's a member of a high-diving team, who try team) have made various stratagems attempts to get a girlfriend for help their widowed dad, Max, a father, Max (a talented artist and sculptor. After sculptor) get a girlfriend. When all their initial attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily--with a little the twins (with some help from their friend, Cody (who Cody, a friend of theirs who has an obvious crush on Tess)--decide Tess) decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard is situated high above Sunset Boulevard.



Some have seen the film as a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', mostly because at the end of the film, every character is satisfied and happy, except, of course, for the villainous minority character.

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Some have seen the film as a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', mostly because at the end of the film, every character is satisfied and happy, happy...except, of course, for the villainous minority character.



* AlliterativeName: Tess Tyler.

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* AlliterativeName: Tess Tyler.Tess's first and last names both start with "T."



* MissingMom: The twins' mom passed away sometime prior to the start of the movie (although it's never specified how she died).
* PrecociousCrush: Emily, a 12-year old girl has a major crush on her swim coach, a grown adult.

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* MissingMom: The twins' mom passed away Not much is known about Tess and Emily's mother, other than she died sometime prior to the start of the movie (although it's never specified how she died).
movie's events (thus making Max a widower) and was apparently really into ballet (even apparently being a professional ballet dancer).
* PrecociousCrush: Emily, a 12-year old girl has The twins are only 12, but Emily's got a major crush on her swim coach, coach (who's clearly a grown adult.man).



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like usual with the Olsen twins --
** Mary-Kate plays the tomboyish Tess Tyler, who enjoys cooking and is the top member of the high diving team--Tess claims that it's the next best thing to the ballerina that their mom was.
** Ashley plays the feminine and boy-crazy Emily Tyler, who also happens to enjoy surfing.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like usual with the Olsen twins --
twins, but also downplayed to some extent--both Emily and Tess are fairly tomboyish, but both also have some feminine interests.
** Mary-Kate plays Emily's the comparably girlier sister and is also a lot more boy-crazy than Tess is.
** Tess is the (more)
tomboyish Tess Tyler, who enjoys cooking one and is considered the top star member of the high diving team--Tess her high-diving team--she claims that it's the next best thing to the ballerina that their mom was.
** Ashley plays the feminine and boy-crazy Emily Tyler, who also happens to enjoy surfing.

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* KidsPlayMatchmaker: Of a sort. Tess and Emily put a personal ad of their dad on a billboard, prompting single women of Venice to seek him out.

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* KidsPlayMatchmaker: Of a sort. Tess sort--Tess and Emily put a personal ad of their dad on a billboard, prompting single women of Venice to seek him out.out.
* MissingMom: The twins' mom passed away sometime prior to the start of the movie (although it's never specified how she died).
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/TroianBellisario from ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' as a friend of the twins.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/TroianBellisario from ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' as a friend of the twins.
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* KidsPlayMatchmaker: Of a sort. Tess and Emily put a personal ad of their dad on a billboard, prompting single women of Venice to seek him out.
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* PrecociousLoveInterest: Emily, a 12-year old girl has a major crush on her swim coach, a grown adult.

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In this film set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister, Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), a member of a high-diving team, who try various stratagems to get a girlfriend for their widowed dad, Max, a talented artist and sculptor. After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily--with a little help from their friend, Cody (who has an obvious crush on Tess)--decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

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In this film 1998 DirectToVideo comedy set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister, Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), a member of a high-diving team, who try various stratagems to get a girlfriend for their widowed dad, Max, a talented artist and sculptor. After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily--with a little help from their friend, Cody (who has an obvious crush on Tess)--decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.


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In this film set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister, Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), a member of a high-diving team, who try various stratagems to get a girlfriend for their widowed dad, Max, a talented artist and sculptor. After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily -– with a little help from their friend, Cody (who has an obvious crush on Tess) –- decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

A woman named Brooke Anders answers the ad, and she and Max come to like each other and start dating. At first, Tess and Emily don't like Brooke's son Ryan, but when he helps foil an elaborate scheme by Max's business manager, Nigel, to break up the romantic relationship between Max and Brooke (Nigel thinks Max's work will suffer as a result), the girls eventually accept Ryan.

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In this film set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler (Ashley Olsen), who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister, Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen), a member of a high-diving team, who try various stratagems to get a girlfriend for their widowed dad, Max, a talented artist and sculptor. After all their attempts end in failure, Tess and Emily -– with Emily--with a little help from their friend, Cody (who has an obvious crush on Tess) –- decide Tess)--decide to paint an advertisement on a giant billboard situated high above Sunset Boulevard.

A woman named Brooke Anders answers the ad, and she and Max come to like each other and start dating. At first, Tess and Emily don't like Brooke's son son, Ryan, but when he helps foil an elaborate scheme by Max's business manager, Nigel, to break up the romantic relationship between Max and Brooke (Nigel thinks Max's work will suffer as a result), the girls eventually accept Ryan.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - Mary-Kate Olsen plays Tess Tyler, a girl who likes to cook and is the best member of the high diving team. She says it's the next best thing to the ballerina that their mom was. Ashley plays her boy-crazy twin sister, Emily, who enjoys surfing.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like usual with the Olsen twins --
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Mary-Kate Olsen plays the tomboyish Tess Tyler, a girl who likes to cook enjoys cooking and is the best top member of the high diving team. She says team--Tess claims that it's the next best thing to the ballerina that their mom was. was.
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Ashley plays her the feminine and boy-crazy twin sister, Emily, Emily Tyler, who enjoys also happens to enjoy surfing.
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* AlliterativeName: Tess Tyler.
* SecondLove: Brooke for Max.
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Some have seen the film as a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''TheMerchantOfVenice'', mostly because at the end of the film, every character is satisfied and happy, except, of course, for the villainous minority character.

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Some have seen the film as a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''TheMerchantOfVenice'', ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', mostly because at the end of the film, every character is satisfied and happy, except, of course, for the villainous minority character.

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