Because people do not like "clean" movies anymore. There is no profanity, no sex, no violence, no vampires/zombies/werewovles.
It is just a cute, clean movie the entire family can enjoy... with the added bonus of a shirtless travolta.
With all due respect, this was not a violence-free film. Granted, most of it was intended but not actually committed. Nonetheless, Travolta does get shot near the end, and Olivia's character is held at gun-point more than once. Also, the both of them nearly have sex on the couch during a scene. They may not have been totally naked, but it was a very lusty scene anyway. Not that I object to any of this. I'm just saying that mild as the movie may seem, I still don't think it qualifies as "clean".
The movie is not bad for what it is though. So, if more people don't like it, it's probably because it's an odd mix of action, romance, and fantasy. You would have to love the leads or love movies in general to like this one, I think.
Ironically, I do think it is like the films made today---car-chases, action, etc. So, I don't think it being old-fashioned has anything to do with it. But, today, such a film would be on THE DISNEY CHANNEL rather than in cinemas, I think.
Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!
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TWO OF A KIND failed not because it was cute or clean but because it was totally senseless dreck. At beginning we see John Travolta as an inventor with all sorts of contraptions in his apartment. If any of them would have been used later in the movie to get him and Olivia's character out of trouble that would have been brilliant in that pre-MacGuyver era but none of his inventions had anything to do with the movie's plot. Those angels interfering with help for these 2 goofy misfits was also inexplicable. AND the movie relied too heavily on suspension of disbelief with absolutely no meaningful plot and other than "this is the couple from Grease" there was nothing likable about their characters. I went to this movie because my date nagged me into it instead of the Mel Brooks movie I wanted to see. Turned out she'd seen it before and wanted to see it again. Needless to say that relationship fizzled soon after but that's another story. ♣
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