Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Switch (1991)

 Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams
Running Time: 103 minutes

 


Steve Brooks is a womanizing and misogynistic ad man who gets killed one night by three women he has been seeing. He ends up in purgatory, where he is given a chance to go back to Earth. If he can find one female that really likes him, he will go to heaven. Otherwise, hell it is. So Steve goes back to his life, but with his soul in the body of a beautiful blonde woman.

Based on the George Axelrod play titled Goodbye Charlie, this film had a good premise that offered some potential for fun comedy. Unfortunately, that potential was wasted on a lot of silliness and ordinary acting. Briefly, in the middle part, this movie started to entertain me. But, it started weak and ended weak. That is too bad.

I must say that, for a 90's movie, Switch had very much a 80's feel, and not in a good way.

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