What a waste of my time!!!

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

VICE VERSA is basically a gender variation on the 1970s film FREAKY Friday, in which Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage play a bickering father and son whose roles are reversed thanks to a magical Thai artefact. I have to say that I always love the tinges of the supernatural in these family movies from the era; the writer goes out of his way to set up the story with the early scenes set in Thailand itself and featuring veteran actor James Hong in a typically creepy performance.What follows soon turns into your usual 1980s-era comedy with much in common with the Tom Hanks movie BIG. It's also on the same level as that film, although it lacks a big and memorable set-piece like the Hanks/Loggia dance-off and the sight of Reinhold playing the drums doesn't really cut it. I'm always wary of these films as occasionally they become overly sentimental but I can report that VICE VERSA walks a fine line without ever crossing it. Fred Savage is excellent in a star-making turn (I used to love watching him in THE WONDER YEARS) and the underrated Reinhold holds his own against the greats of the decade. It's a fun and light movie, nothing more, but it holds your attention throughout.

While watching this movie, the word "generic" often came to mind, but this was one of the earlier body swap movies (there were a few before it that I haven't seen like 'Like Father, Like Son' and the 1976 version of Freaky Friday), so this was likely the blueprint for some more recent ones.Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage are both great in their roles. Reinhold perfectly portrays childlike emotions, and Savage is hilarious outwitting bullies and treating those he considers beneath him like second class citizens. One of my least favorite clichés takes place with Reinhold in the workplace, like his quirkiness actually getting him ahead. Some of the funniest moments are with the ex-wife/mother reacting to the odd and inappropriate behavior of the pair.

This movie was alright, but I think it was way too overrated ,and vice versa, no pun intended, for Like Father, Like, Son, which I think was the best of the bunch, and I think people were too harsh about it. The thing about Vice Versa, is that it's so damn fake, Like Father Like son, and 18 Again! were also far-fetched, but somewhat believable how they swapped places; drinking an ancient Indian potion and being in the same place as another person, could of caused Kirk Cameron, in his unconcsious mind to feel Dudley Moore's brain transference, and in 18 Again! It would be very strange but believable that a biological grandson and grandfather could switch places after getting concussions in a car wreck. But for heaven's sake Reinhold and Savage, make a wish with an acnient skull and magically switch places, that makes a lot of sense Huh! Just absurd and not creative, they couldn't find an explanation in the same zipcode as believable. Not to mention the father and son don't even live together. But Reinhold is pretty good at acting in this, so wild and crazy, and so is Savage, it's hard to believe that behind the camera it was still Reinhold and Savage. This movie also grossed a good 60% less than Like Father, Like Son, plus the kid is only 11 in this, his voice hasn't dropped (same as in Big) it works much better when the son was in High School. It has its moments such as when Reinhold in his sons body teaches bullies at school a hard lesson. I think the opinions people had of Like Father Like, Son and this should be Vice Versa.

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).