Vice Versa (1988)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Brian Gilbert

Writers:

F. Anstey (novel)
Dick Clement (written by)

Release Date:

11 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

The Comedy For The Kid In All Of Us.

Plot:

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Plot Keywords:

Skull | Child As Adult | Soul Transference | Role Reversal | Remake

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Judge Reinhold	...	Marshall Seymour / Charlie Seymour
Fred Savage	...	Charlie Seymour / Marshall Seymour
Corinne Bohrer	...	Sam
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Tina Brooks
Jane Kaczmarek	...	Robyn Seymour
David Proval	...	Turk
William Prince	...	Stratford Avery
Gloria Gifford	...	Marcie
Beverly Archer	...	Mrs. Jane Luttrell
Harry Murphy	...	Larry
Kevin O'Rourke	...	Brad
Richard Kind	...	Floyd
Charles Lucia	...	Cliff (as Chip Lucia)
Ajay Naidu	...	Dale Ferriera
Raymond Rosario	...	Dooley

Also Known As:

viceVersa (International: English title) (poster title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were 18 Again! (1988), Like Father Like Son (1987), Big (1988), and Dream a Little Dream (1989).

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Marshall is in his taxi, going to his building, you can see the boom mic reflected on the window of the taxi when he opens the car door.

Quotes:

Marshall: [about his ex-wife] This is the woman who I couldn't live with as a husband, and now I'm going to be her son.

Movie Connections:

Features Space Invaders (1982) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Crazy in the Night

Good leads can't elevate poor script...

Precious, predictable comedy has overworked father Judge Reinhold and pre-teen son Fred Savage switching personalities after getting hold of one of those movie-formula ancient mystical artifacts. Hoary premise plays like just another "Freaky Friday" retread. Reinhold cuts loose for really the first time and has fun (although his overacting is shameless); Savage, then-star of TV's "The Wonder Years", is even better, doing his wiser-than-his-years shtick with letter-perfect ease (he's a natural). There are some laughs, however the whole thing bottoms out in the final stretch with a ridiculous car-chase. Smart viewers will have bailed out by then. *1/2 from ****