Every Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Someone needs to say it: Twins does not get the credit it deserves.

While a huge success at the 1988 box office and still fondly remembered, Ivan Reitman's Schwarzenegger-Danny DeVito-starring comedy isn't simply a good movie, but a great one. Full of heart, laughs, and a real zest and colour, Reitman ensures that Twins never succumbs to the novelty of its premise, allowing plenty of room for DeVito to scamp it up as Vincent Benedict and for Schwarzenegger to riff on his action-persona by playing a gentle giant, Julius, who is unwise to the world and yet full of sage advice. In the process, Reitman's film ends up arriving at salient yet wholesome conclusions pertaining to nature and nurture, family, and romance.

Like Vincent and Julius together, it's the complete package - an effortlessly breezy comfort watch that illustrates Arnold's comedic chops and sense of screen presence with aplomb. As the peaceful and learned Julius, Schwarzenegger is free to poke fun at his action persona ("actually, I hate violence!"), but never in a way that comes across as gimmicky. Reitman leaves these brief riffs to the early stages of the film, enabling Schwarzenegger to embrace Julius' earnest ways and match DeVito beat for beat - the peak of which comes in Twins' grin-inducing matching suits scene.

All in all, it's just the best time. Schwarzenegger and DeVito are a perfect duo, backed up all the way by the brilliant Chloe Webb and Kelly Preston as sisters Linda and Marnie respectively. Gorgeous, charming viewing from one of the eighties' great comedy masters.