Switch

1991
R
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

11K

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Ellen Barkin and Jimmy Smits in Switch (1991)

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Body Swap Comedy Comedy Fantasy

A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
The Devil (played by Bruce Payne) makes a total of six appearances in this movie. Aside from his two speaking roles (when Steve is sent back to earth, and when he visits Amanda at 3:00 in the morning), he also makes four sneak appearances: Once as a patron at the City Grille's bar when Amanda meets Walter for lunch, once as a piano player at Sheila's party, once as a piano player (in drag) at the lesbian club, and finally as a televangelist on TV when Margo hides the murder weapon in Amanda's couch. In a directors cut, he makes another speaking role in an elevator scene.

Goofs
"Amanda's" hair is back to its same length (and style) when Walter visits "her" in the psychiatric hospital as it was before "she" had the barber cut it. While "she" does say "she" has been there for five months, and apparently five or six months have transpired from the time of the trial, there is no way the hair would have grown from above the ears to down below the shoulders in six months - hair grows about 1/2 inch per month, so it would be about 3 inches longer than before. The hair should have only been slightly longer to show that amount of time has passed.

Quotes
Fur Protestor: Do you know how many poor animals they had to kill to make that coat?
Margo Brofman: Know how many rich animals I had to fuck to get this coat?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Movies We Loved as Kids (1991)

Soundtracks
Both Sides Now
Written by Joni Mitchell
Performed by Paul Young & Clannad
Produced by Ciarán Brennan
Published by Siquomb Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Paul Young appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Clannad appears courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd.

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Featured review

9/10

I love it!

I could not believe some of the comments about this movie! Unfunny???!!! Depressive???!!! I thought it was wonderful! Ellen Barkin is brilliant! Brilliant! Her first 5 minutes on screen is hilarious! I think this movie is misunderstood. Pink Panther fans expect certain things that just do not happen in this movie. It is funny from the beginning, bitter-sweet at the end, it is about love, friendship, meaning of life, soul searching, men and women, God and Devil, and even has a pretty good basketball one-on-one. I love it. I watched it many times over the years, I keep finding new little things to love about this movie, it is one of my all-time favorites and I give it an awesome 8 out of 10!!!