Divorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice ver... Read allDivorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.Divorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
- Larry
- (as Harry Murphy)
- Cliff
- (as Chip Lucia)
- Director
- Writers
- Dick Clement
- Ian La Frenais
- Thomas Anstey Guthrie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJudge Reinhold attributed this film, which was a box office flop, as being the decline of his career. Combined with a reputation for being difficult to work with, Reinhold said "That's when the phone stopped ringing." He moved out of Los Angeles to a small town near Santa Fe, New Mexico to regroup his life.
- GoofsWhen Sam is about to kiss Marshall in Charlie's body, Charlie in Marshall's body quickly comes in , then Sam kisses Marshall in the forehead and leaves a big horizontal mark, then when she says "Goodnight my favorite men", the camera comes back to Marshall and he has a little inclined kiss mark, instead of a big horizontal one.
- Quotes
Charlie: [relaying a message to Marshall, who in turn is in a meeting] ... and we've been offered very favorable interest rates from Hong Kong.
Marshall: [apparently having misheard what Charlie said] We've been offered very favorable interest rates from King Kong.
Charlie: *Hong* Kong!
Marshall: I mean *Hong* Kong.
- SoundtracksSet the Night to Music
Written by Diane Warren
Produced by Péter Wolf (as Peter Wolf)
Performed by Jefferson Starship (as Starship)
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.
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- Apr 25, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,664,060
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,050,779
- Mar 13, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $13,664,060
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