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A Saintly Switch (1999)

A Saintly Switch poster
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
Genre
comedy film, American football film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
6
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging NFL quarterback and his stay-at-home wife magically switch bodies. She must handle his physically demanding job while he deals with art classes and morning sickness.

lightheartedwhimsicalcomedicfamily-friendlysillypredictablewarmfun

What happens

A Saintly Switch is a 1999 American fantasy comedy television film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and written by Haris Orkin, based on a story by Sally Hampton. It stars Vivica A. Fox and David Alan Grier, with Al Waxman, Scott Owen Cumberbatch, Shadia Simmons, David Keeley and Rue McClanahan in supporting roles. The plot revolves around an aging NFL quarterback and his stay-at-home wife switching bodies. The resultant comedy focuses on family values as she has to handle the highly-physical job while he has to handle art classes, bonding with his children, and morning sickness. The film premiered on ABC on January 24, 1999, as an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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