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Switching Channels (1988)

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Reviews Counted:9

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Rotten:4

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The newspaper office shenanigans of "The Front Page" and "His Girl Friday" updated and reset in the world of TV news. Anchorwoman Christy Colleran decides to quit the Chicago network where she is... The newspaper office shenanigans of "The Front Page" and "His Girl Friday" updated and reset in the world of TV news. Anchorwoman Christy Colleran decides to quit the Chicago network where she is employed and run off with her new millionaire boyfriend. But her tough-as-nails boss John L. Sullivan just happens to be her ex-husband and he's wants her back. Scheming to keep Christy on the job, Sullivan assigns her to a story about the upcoming execution of an innocent man. Christy's romance takes a backseat as she and Sullivan join forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice. [More]

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Reeve, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Reeve, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, Charles Kimbrough

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Director: Ted Kotcheff

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New York Times
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Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Reynolds is charming in an otherwise so-so reworking of His Girl Friday.

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Chuck O'Leary
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05/26/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Very middling, but still mildly entertaining

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Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

A half-way decent updating of His Girl Friday. Half-way.

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09/12/02
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

Unofficial variant on The Front Page that occasionally works.

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Ken Hanke
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Chicago Sun-Times
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Obviously one of the weaker "Front Page" remakes, but still colorful and energetic enough to warrant some faint praise.

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