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Family Switch

  • 2023
  • PG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
31K
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Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Lincoln Sykes, Theodore Sykes, Emma Myers, and Brady Noon in Family Switch (2023)
Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout?
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When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout... Read allWhen a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?

  • Director
    • McG
  • Writers
    • Victoria Strouse
    • Adam Sztykiel
    • Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Garner
    • Ed Helms
    • Emma Myers
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    31K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,153
    1,012
    • Director
      • McG
    • Writers
      • Victoria Strouse
      • Adam Sztykiel
      • Amy Krouse Rosenthal
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Garner
      • Ed Helms
      • Emma Myers
    • 149User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Jennifer Garner
    Jennifer Garner
    • Jess
    Ed Helms
    Ed Helms
    • Bill
    Emma Myers
    Emma Myers
    • CC
    Brady Noon
    Brady Noon
    • Wyatt
    Lincoln Sykes
    Lincoln Sykes
    • Miles
    Theodore Sykes
    Theodore Sykes
    • Miles
    Rita Moreno
    Rita Moreno
    • Angelica
    Matthias Schweighöfer
    Matthias Schweighöfer
    • Rolf
    Vanessa Carrasco
    Vanessa Carrasco
    • Ariana
    Cyrus Arnold
    Cyrus Arnold
    • Hunter Drew
    Ilia Isorelýs Paulino
    Ilia Isorelýs Paulino
    • Kara
    Jordan Leftwich
    Jordan Leftwich
    • Ava
    Xosha Roquemore
    Xosha Roquemore
    • Carrie
    Bashir Salahuddin
    Bashir Salahuddin
    • Molson
    Paul Scheer
    Paul Scheer
    • Steven
    Helen Hong
    Helen Hong
    • Simone
    Ned Bellamy
    Ned Bellamy
    • Hanes
    Andrew Bachelor
    Andrew Bachelor
    • Glen
    • Director
      • McG
    • Writers
      • Victoria Strouse
      • Adam Sztykiel
      • Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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    6cruise01

    Family holiday film that is cheesy and fun.

    3 out of 5 stars.

    Family Switch is a fair comedy film that has a family theme message for the holidays and humor that is cheesy and fun. Its Freaky Friday with a family concept. A story about a family thats distant and growing apart. And few days before christmas on a day of planetary alignment. They all wished to be the other. Which they all switch bodies. While trying to live the others life and seeing what there struggle is.

    It is a cute and fun family film for the holidays. The cast did okay and had fun with there roles. The humor can be a bit cheesy with iffy dialogue as well. It is a film that entertains.
    5destiny_west

    So So

    I have to admit that I had to watch Family Switch over two viewings. I found it sickly sweet and couldn't cope watching it in one hit. It's the typical oops we have switched bodies but something has to change in the family dynamics before we can be switched back scenario. I can't say that we need 'another' one of these films. If they were hoping it would be some holiday classic, I think they might have somewhat missed the mark.

    Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the film, I just didn't love it either.

    Ed Helms was good in it, and so was Jennifer Garner and even the actors playing their kids. But it just felt like it was missing something, or maybe I am too old and jaded for this kind of film anymore.
    7vanderhaeghe_maxime

    Don't be too harsh

    Is this a masterpiece ? No.

    Does it deserve the bad critics? No.

    Let's take the movie for what it is: a light family movie you can totally enjoy during the period of Christmas.

    I watched the movie with my kids yesterday (10 and 8 years) and my wife.

    We all enjoyed. The jokes are not always crazy good but good enough to make us laugh and have a good time.

    The movie is obviously predictable but still, it did not bother me/us that much.

    I would still recommend to people with a young family. It's light, entertaining and as mentioned funny.

    Even for us as parents, there are some interesting messages (again, it's not deep but still, some nice reminders here and there that I enjoyed).

    Give it a shot unless light family comedies aren't your thing.
    Darwinskid

    Overdone.

    The premise is fairly familiar - parents switch bodies with their children, and the structure is exactly what you would expect it to be, but what separates it from the films it references such as Big, 17 Again, Freaky Friday, and 13 Going on 30 (also starring Jennifer Garner) is that they gave room to let its characters breathe and apply a degree of verisimilitude to buy into the concept and the conflict. Right from the start, it appears that the people who worked on this had the mindset of either to go big or to go home, as a lot of it is fairly over-the-top, and comes across desperate to get a laugh from the viewer. The humor has its moments of attempted cleverness, but there is a lot of lowbrow comedy that diminishes the efforts to be smart. What doesn't work in the favor of the picture, is that the premise is presented three times in the story, and because the pace of it is very fast, and they're constantly trying to go for big laughs, there is not a clear enough focus and not enough time to invest in the relationships and conflict. I have not read the story this is based off of, so I cannot judge it as an adaptation, as a motion picture though I would have to describe this as being average at best, I probably would have rated it lower had it been released in theatres and I had to pay more than I do for Netflix monthly to watch it.
    5SnoopyStyle

    Jen does another

    Jess (Jennifer Garner) and Bill Walker (Ed Helms) are a happily-married suburban couple, but they fear disconnecting from their kids. Daughter CC (Emma Myers) is the star football player. Son Wyatt (Brady Noon) is a science nerd. They with baby brother and dog go to the Griffith Park Planetarium. With a planetary alignment, a telescope, and psychic Angelica (Rita Moreno), the family get switched.

    This is old hat for Jennifer Garner and the movie refers to her movie as well as others. Ed Helms is playing the music nerd teacher although the back story is leading towards former rock star. That conflict does cause some problems. This is mostly fine but very derivative. Garner can easily switch from stuffy to childish. Ed Helms is a little ill-fitting for the role. For example, Brady Noon is trying to play the dad like a leather jacket rocker in one scene and it doesn't fit his other scenes. The dog baby switch would be funnier if the CGI isn't so Son of the Mask. Of course, there is a dance sequence and I like the premise behind it. As for the band tryout, I don't understand why Wyatt with dad inside doesn't just play the gig. He can claim that dad is injured and the son had been learning from the dad. I do question director McG's style. His brand of humor is very broad and very low hanging fruit. This has a few fine comedic moments but most others are lesser family fun.

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    • Trivia
      The band "Dad or Alive" is made up of Ed Helms and the members of the band Weezer.
    • Goofs
      CC could not be called up to the national US soccer team in the manner portrayed. This is an honor only really provided to the highest level professionals. Given the implicit skill level, she could potentially be called to the under 18 squad, but even then it would be a short term and seasonal honor, not a job you move away permanently for. A better/more likely scenario would have been the classic college scholarship route, or a local pro team coming seeking to sign her.
    • Quotes

      Jess: We are gonna make a happy memory as a family.

    • Connections
      Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Greatest Body Swap Movies (2023)
    • Soundtracks
      Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
      Written by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots

      Performed by Jackson 5

      Courtesy of Motown Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    • Release date
      • November 30, 2023 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Familia revuelta
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Grey Matter Productions
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Linden Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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