Vice Versa (1988 film)

I'm You (Original Title: Vice Versa ) is an American comedy film directed by Brian Gilbert from 1988 Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote the screenplay based on the novel Vice Versa. A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (s )) from the year 1882, which has already been filmed several times previously.

Action

Marshall Seymour worked as deputy head of the purchasing department of a large department store in Chicago. He has just returned from a business trip from Thailand. When he wants to introduce his management a product sample, which has brought back from his trip, he finds that the cargo was reversed: instead of a Thai ginger vessel, he holds an ancient Tibetan sculpture in the shape of a skull in his hands. It turns out that the antiques smugglers Tina and Turk have funneled the skull in the U.S. to sell these expensive. Shortly thereafter, Marshall gets a call from Tina, who agreed to an exchange appointment with him.

Since Marshall's ex-wife Robyn would like to go on vacation, he takes care of her absence to his eleven year old son Charlie. Charlie is constantly disappointed by his father, because he never seems to have time for him. It so happens that the two quarrel soon. When they simultaneously express the desire to be the other of and touch the statue, they exchange their body. Here, Charlie grows within a few seconds up to be his father, while Marshall shrinks to Charlie. Clueless about how they can make the exchange reverses, Charlie takes over his father's body whose office job while Marshall again provides the school day, which is not vonstattengeht on both sides without turbulence. But over time they learn to better understand the problems of each other and grow as a father and son together again.

Since Charlie in his father's body knows nothing of the agreed redemption with Tina, and Tina fails this assumes that Marshall wants to keep the statue itself. To bring them back to their violence, kidnap Turk and Tina Charlie to extort Marshall. Then consents this, exchange the statue against Charlie. Meanwhile, Charlie tries his kidnappers in vain to explain that he and his father they themselves are not. After handing over to Turk and Tina argue about the statue, which also gives their bodies are swapped. Charlie and Marshall manage to bring the statue back in and left the two to their fate. In the end, Marshall and Charlie swap their body by using the statue back.

Criticism

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times of 11 March 1988, the film was one of the most " lovable " comedies of the year, which he owed to the representations. The plot was predictable.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was a " fitted with a small detective story likeable comedy". He thematize the " affection between father and son can only grow, as one takes the problems of the other seriously."

Awards

Fred Savage won the Saturn Award in 1990.

Background

The film was shot in Chicago and Oak Park (Illinois ). He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 13.66 million U.S. dollars.

1988 in film Film score David Shire David Proval William Prince (actor) Chicago Sun-Times Oak Park (Illinois)
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