Perfect cast and a good story

People are voting emotionally.

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

In 1988 there were a slew of body swap films with Tom Hanks in Big leading the way at the box office.Vice Versa is based on a novel of the same name published in 1882. This is the fourth screen adaptation of the book.It is light on its feet and inoffensive with little of substance to offer. This time an ancient skull from Thailand is the conduit for father and son to swap places and see things from each other's viewpoint, especially as the son wants his divorced father to spend more time with him.It now has that very 80s vibe helped by the music and editing styles. It also offers amiable support from it two stars.Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage are likable, Jane Kaczmarek is delicious and it is a decent family film but nothing too more.

There was a seen in the movie where Judge Reinhold (already switched as his son by that point) was in the mall playing guitar with one other person on drums or vice versa he was playing the drums, Anyway I looked under the credits but I don't believe the manufacturer was listed for credit of the instruments. Could have been... Yamaha I don't know but I've been searching for this guitar for years. Anybody got any ideas as to the maker and model number of this guitar? I believe I saw it last night in an episode of "Flight of the Conchords" but I'm not sure if it's the same one.If anybody has any info on this guitar please leave a response here about it, I'll be checking back every other month to see if it's been revealed.Thanks for any help.

What a blast from the past this movie was! Debuting in 1988, I hadn't seen Vice Versa for at least 10 or so years. I was so happy that Encore recently featured this classic on its lineup. This movie came out right around the time that Fred Savage was starring in The Wonder Years on prime-time television. Judge Reinhold was fresh off of his Beverly Hills Cop stint(s).While Vice Versa is your campy, PG-rated family film, it was hysterical and followed in form with 18 Again! with George Burns, Big with Tom Hanks and Like Father Like Son with Dudley Moore. It also inspired more recent movies such as Freaky Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis (some would say that Freaky Friday is the female version of Vice Versa).

Vice Versa, despite the trite plot, distinguishes itself from other 80s body-switching comedies, because of the age and personality difference between the two characters. To watch Judge Reinhold act like a wild ten year-old trapped in an adults body and Fred Savage to act like a short-tempered middle aged man trapped in a child's body, it makes fine family fun and hilarious comedy. I think, in fact, it is Judge Reinhold in one of his finest moments, being allowed to act like a wild kid, curiously handling adult responsibilities with a child's touch. Marshall (Judge Reinhold) and his girlfriend take a business trip to Southeast Asia to order some cheap vases for their company's Christmas stock. The shipments get mixed up, and Marshall gets his hands on a strange looking sacred golden skull with mysterious powers that was supposed to be given to some bumbling theives who were going to sell it for a hefty price. Meanwhile, Marshall's son, Charlie (Fred Savage) is miserable, having to spend the holidays with his dad, an uptight work-a-holic who never seems to have time for Charlie, and usually scoffs at Charlie's suggestions for a little adventure. Charlie was optimistic about the vacation, but it seems that the two just can't get along at all. During an argument about how the other doesn't understand what it's like to be a kid/adult, they get their hands on the skull, and one...two...switcheroo. Charlie becomes Marshall and Marshall becomes Charlie. Like I said, the thing that makes this movie better than say, 'Like Father, Like Son' which is essentially the same deal (father and son switch), is the contrasting personalities and age differences of the two characters. Judge Reinhold goes from uptight middle-aged guy to a kid who's perpetually stoked about everything. He really turns things around in Marshall's life. And Charlie goes from regular little kid, to something of an arrogant smart-ass. Like 18 Again!, the characters are perfect for a story like this.