I am you
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I am you |
| Original title | Vice versa |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brian Gilbert |
| script |
Dick Clement , Ian La Frenais |
| production | Dick Clement, Alan Ladd Jr. , Ian La Frenais |
| music | David Shire |
| camera | King Baggot |
| cut | David Garfield |
| occupation | |
| |
Ich bin Du (Original Title: Vice Versa ) is an American comedy film directed by Brian Gilbert from 1988 . Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais wrote the screenplay based on the novel Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie ) from 1882, which has been filmed several times before.
action
Marshall Seymour works as the vice president of the purchasing department of a large department store in Chicago . He has just returned from a business trip from Thailand . When he tried to present his management with a sample of a product that he had brought back from his trip, he discovered that the freight had been swapped: instead of a Thai ginger jar, he was holding an ancient Tibetan sculpture in the shape of a skull. It turns out that the antique smugglers Tina and Turk smuggled the skull into the USA in order to sell it on at high prices. Shortly afterwards, Marshall receives a call from Tina, who makes an exchange appointment with him.
Since Marshall's ex-wife Robyn wants to go on vacation, he takes care of his eleven-year-old son Charlie while she is away. Charlie is constantly disappointed in his father as he never seems to have time for him. So it happens that the two soon quarrel. When they simultaneously express the wish to be each other and touch the statue, they exchange their bodies. Charlie grows up to his father within a few seconds, while Marshall shrinks to Charlie. Unsuspecting how they can reverse the exchange, Charlie takes over his father's office job in his father's body, while Marshall returns to school life, which is not without turmoil on both sides. But over time, they learn to understand each other's problems better and grow together again as father and son.
Since Charlie does not know about the agreed exchange with Tina in his father's body, Tina fails and Tina assumes that Marshall wants to keep the statue himself. To regain control, Turk and Tina kidnap Charlie to blackmail Marshall. Thereupon he agrees to exchange the statue for Charlie. Meanwhile, Charlie tries in vain to explain to his kidnappers that he and his father are not themselves. After the handover, Turk and Tina fight over the statue, as a result of which their bodies are swapped. Charlie and Marshall manage to get the statue back and leave the two to their fate. In the end, Marshall and Charlie swap their bodies back with the help of the statue.
criticism
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 11, 1988 that the film was one of the most " lovable " comedies of the year, thanks to the portrayals. The action is predictable.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was " a sympathetic comedy with a small crime story ". He addresses the " affection between father and son, which can only grow when one takes the other's problems seriously ".
Awards
Fred Savage won the Saturn Award in 1990 .
background
The film was in Chicago and Oak Park ( Illinois rotated). It grossed approximately $ 13.66 million in US cinemas .
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 19, 2007
- ↑ I am you in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 19, 2007
- ^ Filming locations for Vice Versa, accessed August 19, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Vice Versa, accessed August 19, 2007
Web links
- I'm you in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I am you at Rotten Tomatoes (English)