Product Details

• Actors: Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Kaczmarek
• Directors: Brian Gilbert
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001GOH84
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,099 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Vice Versa" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It was one of those "something in the air" moments in Hollywood. In the space of a year, four different films came out on the same subject: A kid lands in an adult's body (and, often, vice versa--get it?). The best was Big, but this one was surprisingly amusing, thanks to a goofily adolescent performance by Judge Reinhold (as the kid in an adult's body) and a comically serious one by young Fred Savage, who can convey the sense of an grownup trapped in a kid's world. The plot is virtually identical to its competitors--overworked Dad has a big deadline and has to rely on the unreliable kid to come through for him, even as he gets a sense of what his son's life is like--but Reinhold and Savage charm their way through it. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

Marshall Seymour is an Executive Vice President for one of Chicago's most prestigious department stores. He is also a divorced stressed-out workaholic with little time for his 11-year-old son Charlie. But when the two find themselves under the influence of an ill-gotten mystical skull they become much closer...mostly due to the fact that their minds have switched bodies! Now a preteen boy is up against backstabbing co-workers politically dangerous board meetings and a blossoming love affair - while a grown man is forced to contend with grade-school bullies homework and a surprising scarcity of Evian water in the school cafeteria.System Requirements:Running Time: 98 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 043396037663 Manufacturer No: 03766

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enduring comedy., July 20, 2005

By	R. Christenson "SpaceComics.com" (Pine, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Vice Versa is one of the funniest comedies about a child changing places with an adult. There are several other movies like this in which the mind of a child occupies an adult body and, in this case, vice versa, or some similar variation. They include Like Father Like Son, Freaky Friday, Big, Dream A Little Dream, Eighteen Again, and The Kid. In Vice Versa Judge Reinhold plays Marshall Seymour, a divorced department store purchaser who has his son Charlie (Fred Savage of The Wonder Years, The Wizard, etc.) for the weekend. Marshall just returned from a buying trip in the orient, mistakenly in posession of a magical skull. Charlie thinks his dad's unfairly ragging on him and in the midst of an argument, he finds the skull and Marshall tries to take it away from him. Just as they are both handling it, in the heat of argument Charlie wishes they could trade places, and they do. Before they figure out how to change back, Marshall has to attend Charlie's school in the boys body, and Charlie has to go to work at the department store as Marshall, as well as deal with the man's rocky relationship with his girfriend. All these situations provide plenty of laughs. One of my favorite parts is when Charlie's mother walks in on them, and sees her son Charlie - really her ex Marshall - drinking a martini. His reaction is as funny as hers: "S*#& what's she doing here?" You have to see it to get it. Other good comedy emerges from Charlie's adventures as a grownup in the department store and Marshall's experiences as a kid, dealing with bullies and teachers at school. It has a happy ending

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bigger than BIG, March 29, 1999

By	just one guy (where high school girls don't look like Joyce Hyser) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vice Versa (1988) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you ever loved a movie that no one else seemed to even know about, did you feel obligated to promote it? At the time VICE VERSA came out, there was a wave of role-reversal stories on film, the biggest of them being BIG. While BIG featured a great comic performance by Tom Hanks, VICE VERSA had even funnier work from both Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. BIG got the box office and Oscar nominations. But if you haven't seen VICE VERSA, see it now and tell me if it isn't even funnier and more heartwarming than the Tom Hanks film.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My All Time Favorite Movie, April 23, 2004

By	G. S. Stephenson (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vice Versa (1988) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Whatever you do, don't miss this jewel. I have enjoyed this movie since it came out in 1988. Frankly, it remains my favorite all time movie. This movie is just PURE FUN to watch and moves along in a brilliant manner. You can't watch this movie without laughing out load. Now, isn't this the reason we watch movies? The complete cast should be applauded for a wonderful performance. If you have not seen this movie, buy it or rent it as fast as you can and join in the FUN!