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Vice Versa

1988 · 98 min · Director: Brian Gilbert, Brian Gilbert ★ IMDb 6 · 11,329 ratings

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Upon returning from a buying trip abroad for the department store he works at, a divorced executive named Marshall finds he is in possession of a strange ornamental skull. He is looking after his 11-year-old son, Charlie, for a few days. The skull has special powers, and when Marshall and Charlie simultaneously wish they were each other's age, they switch bodies. Now Charlie has to go to work, and Marshall has go to school. Charlie also has to deal with Marshall's girlfriend, Sam. If that wasn't enough a pair of smugglers are in pursuit of the skull.

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Vice Versa (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Surprise 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
15%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Surprise, Love. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Surprise and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Relief
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorReliefTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy33 %18 %2 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor34 %26 %3 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor39 %38 %1 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor51 %48 %1 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Surprise61 %54 %3 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor56 %53 %4 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor51 %51 %6 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Humor55 %55 %8 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Humor55 %55 %8 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Humor51 %51 %9 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor54 %54 %9 %32 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor59 %53 %9 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Empathy55 %42 %13 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Humor49 %41 %11 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Humor53 %44 %5 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Empathy59 %43 %8 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Humor63 %48 %24 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension70 %49 %48 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Relief74 %44 %64 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Relief70 %45 %65 %7 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Judge Reinhold

Marshall Seymour

FS
Fred Savage

Charlie Seymour

CB
Corinne Bohrer

GG
Gloria Gifford

Marcie

RF
Ralph Foody

Doorman

PB
P.J. Brown

Hockey Coach

DO
Dayna O'Brien

Receptionist

CL
Charles Lucia

Cliff

Elya Baskin

Kerschner

BA
Beverly Archer

Mrs. Luttrell

HS
Harry S. Murphy

Larry

Jane Lynch

Ms. Lindstrom

Details

Directed by
Brian Gilbert, Brian Gilbert
Written by
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Thomas Anstey Guthrie
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 11,329 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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