Se Eu Fosse Você 2 (2009)

Director:

Daniel Filho

Writers:

Rene Belmonte (writer)
Adriana Falcão (writer)

Release Date:

2 January 2009 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more. |

Plot Keywords:

Body Switching | Sequel | Second Part | Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Chico Anysio	...	Olavo
Renata Batista	...	Vania
Carlos Bonow	...	Professor
Isabelle Drummond	...	Bia
Ary Fontoura	...	Padre Henrique
Cássio Gabus Mendes	...	Nelsinho
Adriane Galisteu	...	Marina
Maria Gladys	...	Cida
Maria Maya	...	Vendedora
Bernardo Mendes	...	Olavinho
Maria Luisa Mendonça	...	Denise
Vivianne Pasmanter	...	Carla
Marcos Paulo	...	João Paulo
Glória Pires	...	Helena
Tony Ramos	...	Cláudio

Also Known As:

If I Were You 2 (International: English title)

Runtime:

Brazil:96 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:10

Company:

Globo Filmes

Movie Connections:

Follows Se Eu Fosse Você (2006)

Soundtrack:

Pela Luz dos Olhos Teus

a Brazilian soap opera on big screen

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The first movie wasn't original at all. Minds changing? "Oh, its a couple now, so its a totally new movie". Yeah, right...

I knew what I was about to see but even knowing it was disappointing. It's exactly the same thing of the first movie: jokes about male looking female, gay gags, sexist jokes... Its as fun as annoying. The main actors are really good and are the reason for I give it 2 stars and not only 1.

But... The most annoying thing is that I came to theater expecting to watch a movie, not a soap opera. This was made by Globo and it was obvious that they would use only their cast and that wasn't a real problem, even with the awful acting of minor characters. The director runned a soap opera on a big screen and there is a plenty of useless scenes just to show "hey, I can make this special effect" but, after all, he was just saying "sorry, thats all I can do". While I was watching some meaningless scene I thought I was about to watch a TV commercial. And, yes, there as a bunch of stupid commercials of a cable TV. I don't know if we Brazilians cant advertise on films (the main character worked in an advertising company, by the way) or if they just don't accept to just show their logo besides have all the characters saying to the audience about how their products are so good and fantastic.

And... the end of the movie... here comes the spoiler...

Its just a typical soap opera ending... The teen daughter was pregnant? So she get married with her ultrarich fiancé. They switched back and everything was as normal as usual... but... she was also pregnant!!! OMG!! So they forget about divorce and get together again. Isn't that beautiful? I must say that at least on the ending the director was clever and shows a fake sequel promo.