‘Family Switch’ Review: Jennifer Garner And Ed Helms Hit The Body Swap Genre With Refreshingly Amusing Results
deadline.comAt this point, the body switch comedy genre is pretty well worn. Big, Freaky Friday (twice), 17 Again, 13 Going On 30, etc.
have pretty much defined and exhausted what can be done with the concept to keep it fresh. The latter 2004 hit actually starred Jennifer Garner, who is now returning to the genre again, this time as producer and star of Netflix‘s holiday comedy, Family Switch.
This time around, the formula is expanded to have an entire family experience a life altering cosmic moment and become their opposites.
The parents become their kids, the kids become their parents, even the baby becomes the French Bulldog. Guess what? It works, even offering some LOL moments along the way in a movie that isn’t trying to reinvent anything here, just find a new angle to squeeze some more life out of it.
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