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didn't expect to like it so much

729zoom — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:22:47 GMT

I was talked into seeing this on a bad day and it sure made me laugh. Homer with the monkeys banging symbols in his head as his wife is talking will be forever etched in my brain as the classic male reaction to a woman's voice.

Excellent and moving

729zoom — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:14:17 GMT

No matter what your feeling is about the war, the filmmaker gives you real insight into the day to day reality of war and its effect on the soldiers and their families. There are some very funny moments, some moving and some downright on the edge of your seat.

Best movie ever made

729zoom — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:06:23 GMT

I have never laughed so hard and cried so hard during one film. This movie made me think for weeks and still haunts me.

I have never seen a better movie. It was brilliant on all levels.

A Great Movie for all Ages

729zoom — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:07:44 GMT

This charming family flick (for ages 7 and up) is based on the premise that empathy comes only when we've walked a mile in another man's--or woman's--shoes. For Sara Anderson those shoes are football cleats belonging to her husband, quarterback Dan Anderson. At the film's opening, Dan and Sara are experiencing marital fallout. According to their preteen children, Clark and Annette, Mom thinks Dad is a dork who would rather travel around the country just to push some ball across the field than spend time with his family. And Dad thinks Mom's job--staying at home and teaching art history on the side--would be a cinch. When a new position with the Saints takes the family to New Orleans, the Andersons purchase a dilapidated mansion that once belonged to a sorceress. There's still a bit of magical potion left in the attic, so, as a last-ditch effort to save their parents' marriage, Clark and Annette cast a spell on Mom and Dad. The next morning Dan and Sara awaken to discover they inhabit each other's bodies. In order to prevent anyone's discovery of their predicament, Dan-as-Sara now has to contend with nail polish, makeup, and a first-trimester pregnancy. Equally difficult, Sara-as-Dan must report for football training without a notion of how the game is played. The stage is set for gaffes galore and some priceless commentary on the differences between the sexes. The remaining question is whether the children can reverse the spell of the saintly switch without breaking the magic of a much-improved marriage.