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Family Switch (2023)

When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?

Family Switch
Family Switch
PG
Comedy
Family
Release Date
November 30, 2023
Director
McG
Runtime
1hr 41min
Main Genre
Comedy
Studio
Grey Matter Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Linden Entertainment
Writers
Amy Krouse Rosenthal , Victoria Strouse , Adam Sztykiel

Summary

The Walkers are a nuclear family of five: Mom Jess, Dad Bill, 16 year old daughter CC, 14 year old son WYATT, and 2 year old daughter Mia. But when a mysterious event occurs at the Griffith Park Planetarium, the nuclear elements split and recombine; Jess's mind is in CC's body (and vice versa), while Bill's mind is in WYATT's body (and vice versa). While CC and Wyatt try to navigate the impossibly complicated world that is adulthood (responsibilities, skills, fears, ambitions), Jess and Bill must work their way through the insanely intricate network of rites of passage (bullying, soccer games, music, parties, romance) that comes with being a teenager, while all four scramble to undo the spell that catastrophically recombined their personalities.

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