A Saintly Switch

A Saintly Switch (1999)

Game Day for Sara. Mother's Day for Dan.

The story is about a married couple with children on the verge of divorce. Their imminent divorce, like many, is due to their mutual lack of respect and compassion for each other and the effect it has on their children. When the family makes a traumatic move to New Orleans they move into an old, Victorian home. There, in the attic, the children think they have found the "magic" to solve their parent's problems. The children accidentally manage to switch the souls of their parents. Now the wife must face the perils of the lockeroom and pressures as family breadwinner and the husband must face pregnancy and bond with his children. Newfound respect and appreciation is gained as the couple finally find out what it's like to walk in the other person's shoes.

Date of release
1999-01-24
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Director
Peter Bogdanovich

Casting

Interesting facts

A Saintly Switch is a 1999 American fantasy comedy television film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and written by Haris Orkin, based on a story by Sally Hampton. It stars Vivica A. Fox and David Alan Grier, with Al Waxman, Scott Owen Cumberbatch, Shadia Simmons, David Keeley and Rue McClanahan in supporting roles. The plot revolves around an aging NFL quarterback and his stay-at-home wife switching bodies. The resultant comedy focuses on family values as she has to handle the highly-physical job while he has to handle art classes, bonding with his children, and morning sickness.

Background

The film was dedicated to the memory of Dave Waymer by its story writer and executive producer, Sally Hampton, whose experience as an NFL wife (Hampton and Waymer were married in 1981) was the inspiration behind the story. Hampton said she had loosely based the lead characters on their personalities and, ironically, the lead actor, David Alan Grier and Waymer share the same July 1 birthday and Hampton, was born late afternoon of July 29 making he…

The film was originally titled In Your Shoes. Filming took place in Toronto.

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