Turnabout

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Steve D A weaker Freaky Friday but not without its charms. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of like an early version of "Freaky Friday". It's a very entertaining and wac 40's screwball comedy. The idea of minds switching in different bodies is a pretty familiar idea in Hollywood, but what really suprised me about this film is that the voices were actually dubbed to match the respective minds! This does create some difficulty, especially for the low-tech time of the 40's. John Hubbard handles the difficulty of syncing to the dubbing very well and displays feminine mannerism perfectly. Carole Landis is cute, but just wasn't as good at lip syncing to the dubbed voice. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member another funny screwball comedy Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The original body switching comedy is well played by the stars but nothing extraordinary. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious in places (usually when the cook utters her very quotable lines), groundbreaking gender bending movie for its time, neatly done with some fine acting. Not too long, perfect for a cheer-me-up moment. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member [6.0] Despite some offensive, outdated assertions about gender roles, I enjoyed this movie. Maybe it's just my fondness for body-switching movies, but I thought this played a bit like a breezy Howard Hawks comedy. John Hubbard and Carole Landis did good jobs portraying the opposite sex without going over the top. The large supporting cast is also amusing. Sure, it's silly -- body switching movies always are, with their talking Buddha statues, Zoltan fortune telling machines, birthday wishes, and other magic bullshit. But I think this particular conceit is inherently provocative, allowing for some unique exploration of sex and gender. Even in a light comedy like this one, you get to see a man respond to the revelation that he is going to give birth. While I've never seen a great body-switching movie, except maybe for Penny Marshall's "Big", I keep holding out for a rare gem. In the meantime, I'll take "Turnabout". Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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