Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 10, 1991 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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A strangely mournful, lugubrious film, staggering under a sense of exhaustion that manages to stifle many of its own best laughs. [10 May 1991, p.C]
50
It's up to Ellen Barkin to carry the movie, and she manages until the thing just becomes a dead weight. [10 May 1991, p.E1]
50
Barkin's performance is so detailed that it becomes a little essay about the physical differences between men and women. Too bad that this modern woman's performance is trapped in the movie of an old-fashioned man. [10 May 1991, p.6]
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)H.J. Kirchhoff
Blake Edwards' latest comedy about a man who comes back in a woman's body has some laughs, but it lacks his usual style, wit and humanity. Switch suffers from glitch. [16 May 1991]
50
Barkin's brilliance can't offset misdirected script for Switch. [11 May 1991, p.C08]
40
Switch is a movie in search of an ending, much like Edwards' other lesser comedies. It covers an incredible amount of ground without getting anywhere. [10 May 1991, p.6]