Family Switch
Published December 27, 2023
Film info
- Title Family Switch
- Director McG
- Year 2023
- Run time 1hr 46m
- Genres Family, Fantasy, Comedy
- Tagline The Walker family is about to change lives. Literally.
Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout?
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:46 | “You put this much time into a car, you don’t drive it.” |
| 5:41 | Dad or Alive! |
| 8:07 | School orchestras are hilariously bad. |
| 15:18 | Hope Rita Moreno has more to do than just that! |
| 18:14 | They couldn’t be signposting the plot more, really. |
| 20:37 | They broke the telescope, now no one else can see the planets. |
| 23:27 | “This is a completely unique and original situation that has literally never happened before.” “Right? I mean, no kid has ever just woken up big.” “Yea, that’s so freaky.” “You’re telling me, I’m 17 again.” “I’m 13 going on 30!” |
| 30:27 | This is so complicated to follow. |
| 42:24 | Bottle of wine in the sports stadium, I’m all for it. |
| 47:58 | Jennifer is taking some hard falls so far! |
| 56:39 | “I need to speak with my wife/spouse/person.” |
| 1:03:26 | “Pattern recognition kicking in.” That’s learning to dance right there. |
| 1:15:05 | Maroon 6. |
Thoughts
This was an okay movie, derivative of all the other body switch movies but at least leaning into that and referencing them all - including the one Jennifer Garner herself has been in! It was more confusing to try and keep track of who was doing what and what their goals were because there were three switches, rather than just one. Although, still not sure how the baby and the dog switched because there’s no way either of them were wishing for that to happen at the exact right moment.
Also, although there are small nods to Christmas and the song they do on stage is a classic holiday number, this really could have been set at any time and wasn’t a Christmas movie in the traditional sense. Fun but not festive.
Rating: 2 / 5
