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Vice Versa **** (1947, Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Anthony Newley, James Robertson Justice, David Hutcheson, Petula Clark, Joan Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,818

Peter Ustinov’s 1947 British body-swap comedy film Vice Versa is the third film adaptation of F Anstey’s 1882 novel, and stars Roger Livesey, Anthony Newley, Petula Clark, and Kay Walsh. Writer/ director Peter Ustinov’s 1947 […]

Dec, 20

Vice Versa *** (1988, Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage) – Classic Movie Review 13,817

Charlie (Fred Savage, aged 11) switches bodies with his store boss dad (Judge Reinhold) after they touch an ancient eastern magical skull, in Vice Versa, one of 1987-88’s four body-swap movies. Director Brian Gilbert’s 1988 […]

Dec, 20

18 Again! *** (1988, George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, Red Buttons, Pauly Shore) – Classic Movie Review 13,815

George Burns stars as a grandfather who exchanges souls with his grandson Charlie Schlatter, in the 1988 fantasy-comedy film 18 Again!. Director Paul Flaherty’s 1988 American fantasy-comedy film 18 Again! stars George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. […]

Dec, 19

Watermelon Man ** (1970, Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine) – Classic Movie Review 9443

Director Melvin Van Peebles’s interesting but undernourished 1970 race relations satirical comedy Watermelon Man stars Godfrey Cambridge as a white, married bigot, suburban insurance agent Jeff Gerber, who turns black overnight through a biological accident. […]

Feb, 29

Switch ** (1991, Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Roberts, Lysette Anthony, Bruce Payne) – Classic Movie Review 6928

Writer-director Blake Edwards’ s Switch (1991) stars an appealing Ellen Barkin, who scored a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. Barkin grabs hold of her chance […]

Apr, 16

Freaky Friday *** (2003, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon) – Classic Movie Review 2864

The Walt Disney studio enjoyably remakes its fondly remembered 1976 hit and 1995 TV movie, generation-swap, with Lindsay Lohan starring as Anna Coleman, who magically exchanges her 13-year-old brain for her stressed-out single mom Tess Coleman (Jamie […]

Aug, 29

Being John Malkovich **** (1999, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener) – Classic Movie Review 818

Director Spike Jonze’s wonderfully odd, brilliantly clever, dazzlingly inventive fantasy comedy happily finds John Cusack on his best form. And there’s also the inestimable benefit of John Malkovich (as himself) gamely and brilliantly sending himself […]

Feb, 09

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