Plot & Details
George Axelrod's Goodbye Charlie flopped on Broadway with Lauren Bacall in the lead, but fared a little better as a film vehicle for Debbie Reynolds. Charlie (Harry Madden) is an inveterate philanderer who is shot dead by jealous husband Walter Matthau. Through a celestial fluke, Charlie's soul enters the well-rounded body of Debbie Reynolds. In this form, Charlie/Debbie seeks to settle old scores with her murderer as well as several other enemies. As if these aren't complications enough, Charlie's best friend Tony Curtis falls in love with Debbie, knowing full well that Debbie isn't really Debbie. If you liked Goodbye Charlie once, you'll love it twice: Blake Edwards retooled the whole megillah for Ellen Barkin, added a trendy feminist underlining, and came up with Switch (1991).
- MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
- Genre(s): Comedy,Fantasy
- Run Time: 117min.
- Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox
- Director(s): Vincente Minnelli
- Starring: Tony Curtis , Debbie Reynolds , Pat Boone , Joanna Barnes , Ellen Burstyn
- Themes: Gender-Bending,Reincarnation
- Tone: Fanciful,Goofy,Humorous,Madcap
- Keywords: afterlife,beauty [physical],complications,crush,extramarital-affair,friendship,jealousy,killing,playboy,reincarnation,return,revenge,role-switching,secret-identity
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