Countless best body swap movies have been developed throughout the years, which is impressive given that the premise rarely produces a superior product. Over a century after the subject was originally explored in a story. The thought of finding yourself in a different body, a different sex. A different socioeconomic strata continues to intrigue artists. The 1882 novel Vice Versa by Thomas Anstey Guthrie is the origin of body exchange fiction. It’s plausible that a sex-swapping picture set in the 2020s, as well as the consent difficulties that typically arise in such films. To have something intriguing to say, but neither has received much attention to far, other from the chance for laughs. However, as we will see, there are films that take a different approach to the concept. This one come up with something new, or at the very least pull off the notion with style.
1. Vice Versa (1988)
Director- Brian Gilbert
Marshall is a divorced executive. He returns from a buying trip abroad for the department store. There he works and discovers he has a bizarre ornamental skull in his possession. Charlie, his 11-year-old son, is staying with him for a few days. The skull has special abilities, and when Marshall and Charlie both wish to be the same age, their bodies switch. Marshall has to go to school, and Charlie has to go to work. Sam, Marshall’s girlfriend, is also a problem for Charlie. If that wasn’t enough, the skull is being pursued by a couple of smugglers.
2. Freaky Friday (2003)
Director- Mark Waters
Dr. Tess Coleman and Anna, her fifteen-year-old daughter, are at odds. They don’t agree on anything, including clothes, hair, music, and, most importantly, men. Tess, a widow set to remarry, can’t understand why Anna won’t give her fiancé a break one Thursday evening. Anna is enraged that her mother doesn’t support her musical ambitions, and Tess, a widow about to remarry. When two identical Chinese fortune cookies unleash a little mystic mayhem, everything changes quickly. Tess and Anna wake up the next morning in the incorrect body, which turns their Friday upside down. They get a greater understanding for each other’s point of view as they practically walk a mile in each other’s shoes. But, with Tess’ wedding on Saturday, the two must figure out a means to switch back – and quickly.
3. Freaky Friday (1976)
Director- Gary Nelson
Annabel has a strained relationship with her mother, Mrs. Andrews, and her younger brother, Ben. They each wish to be the other for one day at the same moment one Friday morning, and their wishes are granted, and they exchange bodies. Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews, a company’s public relations director, is planning a party to promote a real estate sale, with the help of his wife and daughter. During the day, Annabel and Mrs. Andrews learn about and comprehend each other’s troubles.
4. Wish Upon A Star (TV Movie 1996)
Director- Blair Treu
Kyle Harding, a handsome and compassionate high-school jock, is the Wheaton sisters’ only shared taste. Alexia, the tall, glamorous, popular airhead big sister, is dating him but doesn’t seem to appreciate him enough to consider a serious commitment. Hayley, Alexia’s bookish younger sister, despises the waste and displays her resentment by longing for a shooting star to be Alexia. That happens the next morning, much to their surprise. Forced to live one other’s lives but unable to do it properly by the other’s standards, they quickly grow to despise each other and purposefully mess up.
Gradually, they come to appreciate each other’s principles and reconsider their own as they realise they will both lose out. They understand they’d only lose out if they didn’t learn to accept one other’s values and reassess their own…and they’d have to deal with Kyle’s befuddlement and Simon’s no-longer-secret crush on Hayley, which Alexia had befuddled.
5. The Change-Up (2011)
Director- David Dobkin
Dave, a dedicated attorney seeking to earn partner, married with children, and Mitch, a slacker enjoying life, have been friends since third school. They make a wish for each other’s lives in front of a statue in an Atlanta park after an evening of drinking; the next morning, they awake in the other’s body. The statue has been taken to who knows where, so they must carry on for each other until they can find it and re-exchange bodies: it’s a vital week professionally for Dave, and Mitch has plans including sex. Mitch is given the opportunity to take on more responsibilities, and Dave is given the opportunity to relax, and they both learn new things about themselves. In addition, Mitch’s father is remarrying, and Dave is living out his attraction to a coworker.
6. It’s A Boy Girl Thing (2006)
Director- Nick Hurran
Nell Bedworth and Woody Deane, the next-door neighbours, have diametrically opposed personalities and despise one other: Nell is a virgin geek who is courteous, sensitive, and well-prepared to attend Yale, whereas Woody is unpleasant and expects to go a substandard university because of his football skills. When Nell and Woody are assigned to travel to a museum together, they get into an argument in front of an Aztec god statue. Their spirits swap bodies in the middle of the night, putting them in perilous situations. They try to ruin each other’s reputation in high school at first, but they eventually realise that their ambition of attending college can only come true if they work together and respect each other.
7. Freaky (2020)
Director- Christopher Landon
Millie Kessler, seventeen years old, spends her days attempting to endure high school and the nasty behaviour of the popular set. But her senior year becomes the least of her concerns when she becomes the next victim of the Butcher, the town’s infamous serial killer. When the Butcher’s mysterious blade enables him and Millie to miraculously switch bodies, the terrified girl realises she only has 24 hours to reclaim her identity before she is forever transformed into a middle-aged madman.
