Switch

1991 "Steve and Walter used to have a preference for blondes. Then Steve was murdered... and came back as one. Will being a woman make him a better man?"

Switch

5.8 | 1h44m | R | en | Fantasy

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

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5.8 | 1h44m | R | en | Fantasy , Comedy | More Info

Released: May. 10,1991 | Released Producted By: Beco Films , HBO Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Ellen Barkin , Jimmy Smits , JoBeth Williams

Director

Sandy Getzler

Producted By

Beco Films , HBO

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Reviews

SnoopyStyle Ad man Steve Brooks (Perry King) is a womanizing male chauvinist pig. His girlfriends Margo Brofman (JoBeth Williams), Liz (Lysette Anthony) and another join forces to kill him. Every woman hates him and he isn't allowed into heaven. He is sent back to find one woman who truly likes him. The Devil (Bruce Payne) objects and changes him into a woman Amanda Brooks (Ellen Barkin). She claims to be Steve's half-sister. His best friend Walter Stone (Jimmy Smits) takes a liking to Amanda.Ellen Barkin is a great dude but she's not necessarily a good comedian. This Blake Edwards comedy is not hitting exactly. I can see this work if Amanda is played by a great physical comedian. It's as if Edwards assumes that the man for woman thing would be easily funny for him once again. I also don't buy that she got Steve's job so easily. Another thing is the premise that making him a woman would automatically make it harder to get a woman to love him. Although I do like its resolution.

rivertam26 Switch is just one of those movies you just have to love.Touching on offensive subject matter and being socially inappropriate by today's censored standards it tells the story of a womanizer named Steve who is murdered by 3 of his ex lovers for being a male chauvinistic pig. He crosses over into a sort of limbo and being thats he's been so bad to the opposite sex is sent back to earth to find one female who truly loves him. He than can move on to heaven but if he can't will go straight to hell. The woman he becomes is played by a young Ellen Barkin in her sexual prime and comic glory.Creative laughs ensue as he deals with homosexuality, struggles of sexism in the workplace and world, repercussions of his past actions from women and advances from all kinds of men including his best friend played charmingly by the than hunky Jimmy Smits. The movie is smart funny and wholly original in its exploration of its premise and even raunchy and envelop pushing by todays standards. Although not a perfect film there are some pacing issues and questionable directorial approaches on how he approaches the material times. Switch is still a great movie as timely as ever showing us just how little we've progressed in the age old war between the sexes not to say their hasn't been a lot of progress but we still have a ways to go.

miramichier_dac Add me to the list of those who really liked this movie. Elements of it are hilarious as when the man in Ellen Barkin's body first tries to apply makeup and walk in high heels. Others are in-her-shoes educational for guys experiencing what it is like to be an object of lust. The ending is one of those ones that makes pure imagination seem logical and proper. Some 18 years later, I remember Barkin did a brilliant job of acting like a man acting like a woman and the makeup line, delivered while she staggers and stumbles down the hall, still cracks me up. A chick flick probably but it seemed like a good story well told to this guy.

gcd70 Blake Edwards, a great comedy director in his day, just does not seem to be able to deliver the loads of laughs promised by what ends up being a one joke film. The 'man trying to cope as a woman' theme is quite funny, and Ellen Barkin does well in this role, but it does not carry the film from beginning to end successfully.The movie resolves itself with a nice sentimental touch, although it is all too predictable. As for the ridiculous concept of a He/She God sending the wanton man back to Earth, well what can I say? "Switch" could have been okay, but the silly plot makes it quite average. Also starred Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams and Lorraine Bracco.Tuesday, March 17, 1992 - Video