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Andrea Roth stars as twins Dominique and Kim in "A Change of Place," a 1994 movie produced by Harlequin Enterprises and based on a Silhouette novel.

Twins switching places is the stuff of fantasy, and these Harlequin movies take the place of those big, trashy miniseries from the '80s that I used to love.

Dominique is a hot Parisian model who also happens to be a drunk, and her sister, Kim, is an art student preparing for her thesis. In order for Dominique to go into rehab, Kim replaces her in Paris; Dominique is afraid that if the press finds out she's in rehab, it will ruin her career. I don't know about that, but it definitely would have gotten her the cover of PEOPLE magazine.

Kim has an ally who realizes immediately that she's not Dominique, the fitter Marie, who trains her as a model. Kim also meets the new partner in the fashion house, the wealthy Philip (Rick Springfield). There is an instant attraction. However, Dominique left out a few things, as Kim soon learns from the villainous Jacques (Geordie Johnson) who wants to bring down the House of Chambertin. Ian Richardson, who must have really needed the money, plays Henri Chambertin, the designer.

These movies aren't meant to be great; they're meant to be light entertainment, like the books. Don't analyze it as if it's Citizen Kane, and you just might enjoy it.

Did it strike anyone else how obviously this was made in Budapest and Hungary? Any Hungarian viewers perhaps? These film makers really seem to think it is enough to throw in pictures of a few Paris landmarks every now and then to fool viewers. They didn't even bother to remove typically Eastern European cars. In the scene on the balcony, the Hungarian Parliament building is clearly visible in the background. And the supposedly private grounds of some Marquis or other is actually the much visited touristy Budapest castle and surroundings. Just look at those windows, no self respecting French aristocrat would allow them in the home of his ancestors. Or so I hope. Also the fashion show takes place in the well-known Gellért Bath. Of course they must have saved a fortune this way. Still, partly Hungarian myself, I don't mind all that much ... :-)

I am a BIG Rick Springfield fan, and he was such an asset to this film. The chemistry between he and Andrea Roth (Kate "Dominique") was very believable. The movie also had a great storyline/plot. Look for this one on Showtime/The Movie Channel in repeats. Definitely worth a look!

I first discovered Andrea Roth in this movie and thought she was brilliant ,thats how i became a fan.But the movie itself is wonderful too.It has intrigue ,beautiful actors , comedy ,pleasant soundtrack,really fun story and you don't know how everything will turn out .It's not only a movie for romantics.I recommend it to everyone. BEST Best best !!!!!!

Kim Jameson (Andrea Roth) is a busy Fine Arts graduate student while her twin Kate (Andrea Roth) is a model known as Dominique. Kim meets up with Kate after a 4 years absence. She finds Kate a troubled flamboyant drunk. Then Kate has an idea to take a break in rehab while Kim takes her place in the modeling world. Henri Chambertin (Ian Richardson) is her boss at House of Shambertin and Philip Claremont (Rick Springfield) is the American who recently bought a controlling interest. Philip would love to fire Kate. Marie (Stephanie Beacham) is the only one at the company that Kim can reveal the switch to. Then Kate's boyfriend Jacques shows up like he is expected by her. It turns out that Kate isn't completely truthful and Kim starts falling for Philip.

The look is pretty cheesy and cheap. It's a low grade Harlequin Canadian TV movie. The production is generally weak. The only saving grace is Andrea Roth. She is able to play both twins well but that's all there is here. Rick Springfield does a reasonable job. The plot is twin switching with some questionable modeling world hijinx. Most of the locations are obviously not Paris. This is better than most of those types of TV movies but still not good.