why would they pr*ck and bulls**t, and s**t and a**hole on PG??? these words are only for rated PG-13 stuff and above.
Vice Versa
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Sweet dad-son switcheroo has booze, cursing.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–13
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Vice Versa was written by Heather Boerner
Parents need to know that this heartwarming father-son flick is full of swearing and drinking -- often by 11-year-old Charlie while he's possessed by his father's spirit. The movie also features warring, divorced parents. Marshall even tells his son that his ex-wife is someone he can't stand. Marshall also steals a police car and is rude to his assistant.
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What’s the Story?
Marshall Seymour (Judge Reinhold) ignores his assistant, takes his relationship with girlfriend Sam (Corinne Bohrer) for granted and is an absentee dad to his 11-year-old son Charlie (Fred Savage). When he's forced to spend time with his son because his ex-wife (Jane Kaczmarek) is going on vacation, he doesn't know what to do with him. He can't relate to his messiness, his love of frogs, or his obsession with rock music. But when Marshall accidentally received a stolen Tibetan temple artifact, he and his son are suddenly in different bodies. Now Marshall has to learn what it feels like to be a short 11-year-old surrounded by bullies, and Charlie must learn to navigate the corporate jungle, where every day Marshall's job seems to hang on the line.
Is It Any Good?
VICE VERSA is a well-meaning but essentially mediocre retelling of the life-switch generational comedy. Vice Versa is harmless enough -- despite the tween drinking that Charlie does while possessed by his dad's spirit -- but never quite finds the right balance between the wacky hijinx of the original Freaky Friday and an afterschool special on intergenerational love and understanding.
Part of the problem is casting: Neither Savage nor Reinhold are very convincing in their roles as child and adult, respectively. Savage is way more convincing as the take-charge dad than as a flighty kid. And Reinhold steals the film when he's hamming it up as Charlie (and is endearing as a scared child in an adult's body). But as an adult again? He seems to have had too much fun as a kid to want to grow up again.
Movie Details
Studio: Sony Pictures, Director: Brian Gilbert
Run time: 99 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/11/1988, DVD release: 4/27/2004
MPAA Rating: PG
Run time: 99 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/11/1988, DVD release: 4/27/2004
MPAA Rating: PG
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