Product Details

• Actors: Vivica A. Fox, David Alan Grier, Al Waxman, Scott Cumberbatch, Shadia Simmons
• Directors: Peter Bogdanovich
• Writers: Sally Hampton, Haris Orkin
• Producers: Iain Paterson, Sally Hampton
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305958149
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,528 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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This delectable family flick (produced by Disney TV), which dishes up ample guffaws all around, is based on the premise that empathy comes only when we've walked a mile in another man's--or woman's--shoes. For Sara Anderson (Vivica Fox of TV's "City of Angels"), those shoes are football cleats belonging to her husband, quarterback Dan Anderson (played by David Alan Grier of TV's "In Living Color"). At the film's opening, Dan and Sara are experiencing marital fallout. According to their preteen children, Clark and Annette, Mom thinks Dad is a dork who would rather travel around the country just to push some ball across the field than spend time with his family. And Dad thinks Mom's job--staying at home and teaching art history on the side--would be a cinch. When a new position with the Saints takes the family to New Orleans, the Andersons purchase a dilapidated mansion that once belonged to a sorceress. There's still a bit of magical potion left in the attic, so, as a last-ditch effort to save their parents' marriage, Clark and Annette cast a spell on Mom and Dad. The next morning Dan and Sara awaken to discover they inhabit each other's bodies. In order to prevent anyone's discovery of their predicament, Dan-as-Sara now has to contend with nail polish, makeup, and a first-trimester pregnancy. Equally difficult, Sara-as-Dan must report for football training without a notion of how the game is played. The stage is set for gaffes galore and some priceless commentary on the differences between the sexes. The remaining question is whether the children can reverse the spell of the saintly switch without breaking the magic of a much-improved marriage. (Ages 7 and older.) --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Saintly Switch, March 7, 2001

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carina soares (Toronto, On, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saintly Switch [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Are you looking for a family film? A film with laughter? A film with great family values? Well do I have the perfect movie for you. It's A Sainty Switch. It's about a football player who can't see how tough it is being a woman and pregnant. And she doesn't realize how hard the physical impact really is. Since they both are stubborn, their children decide to cast a spell that led them to switch bodies. This funny movie is enough to make you want to see it twice.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Saintly Switch, September 28, 2011

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D. Martin "movie mania" (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Saintly Switch (DVD)

I thought this was a good family movie. I would watch it with my sons and niece and nephew. Two thumbs up.

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny Movie, July 12, 2010

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This review is from: A Saintly Switch (DVD)

The movie was your typical switch of opposites, and walking a mile in another person's shoes was the theme. It was very good and David Alan Grier was so funny as a woman.