I was thinking, just today, how much I miss Judge Reinhold. When I was growing up (I'm 40 in 2021), his face was common in my video rental store and he was an actor I always enjoyed watching. It's hard to believe that in the eighties, he was as big as Kevin Costner or Tom Hanks.
Vice Versa is certainly one of the best examples of Reinhold's quality, because he's brilliant as an eleven-year-old child trapped in an adult man's body. It's not just his performance, but his body language too, he really nails it. Savage is equally as masterful as the man in the child's body and the pair make this into one of the greatest comedies of the eighties. The film works on a number of levels, as a comedy, as a romance and as a buddy movie. I like it as much as the similar Big with Tom Hanks, but only one of them became a classic, because this movie flopped at the box office, which was a shame.
After this flick bombed, Judge Reinhold kinda disappeared amongst rumours that he was difficult to work with. He admits that he made mistakes, because he was acting like a spoiled brat, when he hadn't really done enough to warrant throwing his weight around. He was a decent actor, but he wasn't winning Oscars or dominating the screen like Patrick Swayze, Sean Penn, Matt Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage etc were doing in the eighties. I miss him man. He wasn't someone too good looking to be believable, but handsome enough to believe girls would go for him. Judge Reinhold and Christian Slater are two actors I miss most in Hollywood. Whilst you can say that it's Christian Slater's own fault that he was chased out of Hollywood, I think Judge Reinhold deserves another chance.
Vice Versa is a great example of what made Judge Reinhold a star. He's really good here, wiping the floor with Dudley Moore who had played the exact same role the previous year. Highlights are him playing the drums in the department store and getting up on stage in a rock concert.
I truly believe this is one of the best comedies of the eighties and I'm not a guy that gives compliments easily to films. I 100% recommend Vice Versa. They don't make them like this anymore and it's a perfectly acted movie.
Vice Versa is certainly one of the best examples of Reinhold's quality, because he's brilliant as an eleven-year-old child trapped in an adult man's body. It's not just his performance, but his body language too, he really nails it. Savage is equally as masterful as the man in the child's body and the pair make this into one of the greatest comedies of the eighties. The film works on a number of levels, as a comedy, as a romance and as a buddy movie. I like it as much as the similar Big with Tom Hanks, but only one of them became a classic, because this movie flopped at the box office, which was a shame.
After this flick bombed, Judge Reinhold kinda disappeared amongst rumours that he was difficult to work with. He admits that he made mistakes, because he was acting like a spoiled brat, when he hadn't really done enough to warrant throwing his weight around. He was a decent actor, but he wasn't winning Oscars or dominating the screen like Patrick Swayze, Sean Penn, Matt Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage etc were doing in the eighties. I miss him man. He wasn't someone too good looking to be believable, but handsome enough to believe girls would go for him. Judge Reinhold and Christian Slater are two actors I miss most in Hollywood. Whilst you can say that it's Christian Slater's own fault that he was chased out of Hollywood, I think Judge Reinhold deserves another chance.
Vice Versa is a great example of what made Judge Reinhold a star. He's really good here, wiping the floor with Dudley Moore who had played the exact same role the previous year. Highlights are him playing the drums in the department store and getting up on stage in a rock concert.
I truly believe this is one of the best comedies of the eighties and I'm not a guy that gives compliments easily to films. I 100% recommend Vice Versa. They don't make them like this anymore and it's a perfectly acted movie.