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- "Switching Channels" is a surprisingly enjoyable '80s comedy, boasting an uproariously funny performance from Burt Reynolds (you gotta love that guy), great lines and sequences and a steady pace that never lets down until the end. The laughs are there, the gags are there, the action is there too.
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This time the convicted man is hidden inside a Xerox machine instead of a rolltop desk, but the basic mechanics of the original Hecht-MacArthur story are still sound, and “Switching Channels” is true to the obsessive-compulsive hostility that is the fuel for all good reporters.
Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member "Switching Channels" is a surprisingly enjoyable '80s comedy, boasting an uproariously funny performance from...
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- Ted Kotcheff
- PG
- Kathleen Turner
Switching Channels is a 1988 American comedy film remake of the 1928 play The Front Page, the 1931 film of the same name, and the 1940 film His Girl Friday. [2] It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L. Sullivan IV, Christopher Reeve as Blaine Bingham, Ned Beatty as Roy Ridnitz, Henry Gibson as Ike Roscoe, and ...
It's obvious from the get-go that SWITCHING CHANNELS is a HIS GIRL Friday remake for the '80s (can't escape it, it's beat-for-beat), but the magic of this movie's opening, say, 30 minutes is that the performances of the three stars draw you right in and make you forget the other movie.
Mar 4, 1988 · Switching Channels: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty. A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Ted Kotcheff
- 1988-03-04
The basic mechanics of the original Hecht-MacArthur story are still sound, and Switching Channels is true to the obsessive-compulsive hostility that is the fuel for all good reporters. Full...
The three millionth remake of His Girl Friday, Switching Channels is really, really, really 1988. The hair is big, the glasses are big and the clothes are pastel. Burt Reynolds is no Cary Grant but he's the best thing about the movie.
