Switching Channels [HD]

One Of My Favorite Comedies!
Gets better and better with each viewing. This is a highly enjoyable and entertaining remake of His Girl Friday and The Front Page. Ted Kotcheff (First Blood:Rambo, Whose Killing the Great Chefs of Europe-also one of the producers of Law and Order Special Victims Unit) directs with terrific pacing and a wonderfully likeable cast that includes Henry Gibson, Kathleen Turner(giving one of her absolute best performances-which is saying quite a lot), Christopher Reeve in a brilliant and over the top comedic turn, Burt Reynolds (charming as usual) and Ned Beatty who basically steals the show from everyone in every single scene he is in. I love this movie! It has been coming on cable for years and it is having seen this film literally over a hundred times that I realize just how good it really is...It is HIGHLY underappreciated. Very funny, well made and lots of fun. Great script. One of the better remakes.

Deserving the DVD treatment
Turner is unstoppable, Reynolds is his smarmy, manipulative best, and Reeve is...so darned statuesque, even in the elevator scene, in a just-right comedic turn. Excellent performances right down to his honor, the Gov. A fun romp.

I keep looking, hoping for a DVD release. But alas.

Hilarious Modern Adaptation!
Despite comments made by the reviewer from NY - I think you'll find this to be an absolute roar of laughs! A smooth and hilarious "modern" translation of The Front Page and His Girl Friday. What the other reviewer didn't understand is that these are supposed to be caricatures of real people and situations - not an actual behind the scenes look at a 24HR news channel. If that's what you're looking for you might be better off with Broadcast News.

Originally written for Broadway in the 1930's the producers/writers have done an amazing job of writing it for the then-current 1990's.

Very quick, fast paced dialogue - this isn't for the mental midgets of the world who are used to having their movies hand delivered to them. To keep up you have to sharp, sharp, sharp!

Bravo for the casting director - well done! Special kudos to Ned Beatty who is gut bustingly funny as District Attorney Roy Ridnitz! Keep trying to read his lips as he only marginally controls profane slurs about...

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