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Switching Channels (1988)

PG 03/05/1988 Comedy 1h 45m
61%
User
Score
5.9/10
60%

There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.

Overview

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Ben Hecht

Writer

Ted Kotcheff

Director

Charles MacArthur

Writer

Jonathan Reynolds

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

Christy Colleran

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

John L. Sullivan IV

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

Blaine Bingham

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Roy Ridnitz

Henry Gibson

Henry Gibson

Ike Roscoe

George Newbern

George Newbern

Siegenthaler

Al Waxman

Al Waxman

Berger

Ken James

Ken James

Warden Terwilliger

Barry Flatman

Barry Flatman

Zaks

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019

Written on March 2, 2024

"Switching Channels" endeavours to recreate the sparkling and quick witted energy of the classic fast paced screwball comedies that dominated cinemas for years and in this respect it is considerably successful in doing so. The pace never slows down and it is very entertaining when the whole film takes an unexpected turn after Ike Roscoe engineers his escape from the electric chair and there is plenty of comedic byplay to enjoy around the office photocopying machine where he is hiding. The comedy works tremendously well in this film as do all the other elements which could have resulted in a very uneven film (especially when dealing with the politically ambitious Roy Ridnitz), but fortunately this is never allowed to happen in a film which is a wonderful slice of entertainment that works in...

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