A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Bruce Payne
- The Devil
- (as Bruce Martyn Payne)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe Devil (played by Bruce Payne) makes a total of six appearances in this movie. Aside from his two speaking roles (when Steve is sent back to earth, and when he visits Amanda at 3:00 in the morning), he also makes four sneak appearances: Once as a patron at the City Grille's bar when Amanda meets Walter for lunch, once as a piano player at Sheila's party, once as a piano player (in drag) at the lesbian club, and finally as a televangelist on TV when Margo hides the murder weapon in Amanda's couch. In a directors cut, he makes another speaking role in an elevator scene.
- Goofs"Amanda's" hair is back to its same length (and style) when Walter visits "her" in the psychiatric hospital as it was before "she" had the barber cut it. While "she" does say "she" has been there for five months, and apparently five or six months have transpired from the time of the trial, there is no way the hair would have grown from above the ears to down below the shoulders in six months - hair grows about 1/2 inch per month, so it would be about 3 inches longer than before. The hair should have only been slightly longer to show that amount of time has passed.
- Quotes
Fur Protestor: Do you know how many poor animals they had to kill to make that coat?
Margo Brofman: Know how many rich animals I had to fuck to get this coat?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Movies We Loved as Kids (1991)
- SoundtracksBoth Sides Now
Written by Joni Mitchell
Performed by Paul Young & Clannad
Produced by Ciarán Brennan
Published by Siquomb Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Paul Young appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Clannad appears courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
Featured review
Barkin turns on Switch
This is one of my favorite Barkin vehicles. In fact, without her wonderful comic turns this one would sink under its constrained plot. Besides Barkin, Jimmie Smits and Lorraine Bracco (of Sopranos fame) give good supporting performances. The idea and story Blake Edwards uses is a variation on Victor/Victoria, which was good enough to be recast as a musical, but here his usually daring ideas don't quite make the grade. Nonetheless, this is one of those comedies that calls for repeated viewing, because once you've laughed at some of Barkin's comedic scenes, a second viewing will have you laughing even before the scene unfolds. Roger Ebert commented that a deeper exploration on some of the themes would have made it a timeless comedy, and I'd agree with that.But if you just want to laugh till your sides ache, I'd recommend this one for your funny bone.
- jhammond59
- May 2, 2006
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,545,943
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,770,991
- May 12, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $15,545,943
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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