Vice Versa (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Brian Gilbert |
| Produced by |
Dick Clement Ian La Frenais |
| Written by | Ian La Frenais Dick Clement |
| Based on |
Vice Versa by F. Anstey |
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| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | King Baggot |
| Edited by | David Garfield |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $13,664,060 |
Vice Versa is a 1988 American comedy film starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the 1882 novel of the same name by F. Anstey. Three previous adaptations were released in the UK in 1916, 1937 and 1948.
Preceded in 1987 by Like Father Like Son, it was released three months before a similar age-changing 1980s comedy, Big.
In Thailand, a pair of thieves steal an ancient skull from a Buddhist monastery.
Marshall Seymour (Judge Reinhold) is Vice President of a Chicago department store, in charge of buying. He is divorced and has a son named Charlie (Fred Savage) whom he has little time for. He, and his girlfriend Sam (Corinne Bohrer) are on a trip to Thailand to purchase exotic merchandise. At the same time, an art thief named Turk (David Proval) tries to purchase the skull but has to find a way to smuggle it out of the country. He puts it with one of Marshall's purchases, so that he and his accomplice Lillian Brookmeyer (Swoosie Kurtz) can make a switch.
When Marshall returns, he takes Charlie for a few days while his mother, Robyn (Jane Kaczmarek), and stepfather Cliff, are vacationing. Tensions run high in the family since Charlie can't understand why his father can't be more involved in his life. While Charlie is holding the skull, they get into an argument about how they wish they could be in each other's bodies. It is revealed that the skull possesses magical powers, and after they both express a wish and touch the skull, Charlie grows up into his father's body, and Marshall shrinks into his son's body. After the initial shock, they each realize they must live out their lives as each other, and Marshall heads off to school to deal with tests, bullies and hockey practice, while Charlie resumes his role as a Vice President from an 11-year-old's viewpoint.
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