Vice Versa (PG)
Sweet dad-son switcheroo has booze, cursing.
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- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Directed By: Brian Gilbert
- Cast: Swoosie Kurtz, Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Jane Kaczmarek
- Running Time: 99 minutes
- Release Date: 03/11/1988
- Video/DVD Release Date: 04/27/2004
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: PG
Parents need to know
Families can talk about ways they make time for one another. Do kids feel like their parents are too busy for them? How do parents make time for their kids? What do you like to do together and how often do you get to do it?
Message
Social Behavior:
Charlie's parents hate each other and Marshall is an absentee, workaholic dad. Charlie, as Marshall, flips off the guys from work when they gossip about him. Marshall as Charlie steals a police motorcycle. People steal and swindle. But the heart of the story is that, by switching bodies, father and son get to know each other and become closer.
Consumerism:
Marshall is constantly asking for Grey Poupon mustard.
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
11-year-old Charlie, when possessed by his dad's spirit, drinks cocktails. Tina drinks from a flask. Sam refers to drinking too much wine, though she doesn't actually get drunk. Some teens are caught smoking cigarettes.
Violence
Marshall gets hit in the groin by a football. Charlie fires a crossbow, but no one gets hurt. There's lots of falling and hitting when Marshall plays hockey.
Sex
Floyd makes reference to "boffing." Marshall and Sam kiss several times. Charlie as Marshall has his first kiss with Sam. Sam talks about spending the night with Charlie/Marshall. Guys in the office objectify a new woman at work, saying she has an "available mouth," and other comments.
Language
Considerable salty language, much of it coming from Savage as Marshall, including, "bulls--t," "goddammit," "asshole," "hell," "holy s--t," "son of a bitch," "little prick," "ball breaker," "asswipe," "buttheads."
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Heather Boerner
Is it any good?
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.
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