Body swap is also one of the movie topics that are loved by many Vietnamese audiences of all ages. Mainly because this type of film mixes humorous situations while emphasizing the humanitarian meaning when people change positions and understand each other better. What body swap movies have you seen? Let's take a look at the top 6 most interesting body swap movies to see if we missed anything.
1 The Change – Up
What is the difference between single men and married men?
Starting from American cinema, you will definitely be completely captivated with The Change - Up because the film reflects too accurately about reality. Especially to help men better understand their responsibilities and women feel more comforted when watching movie details. The film is about two men with two different lives. One is a busy father of three who wants to avoid the responsibility of shouldering the family. One is a single guy who always feels depressed because life is too tasteless. However, both have always secretly wished to be like the other. Whatever happens will happen when the two are swapped bodies one night being struck by lightning. Throughout the film, the audience couldn't help but laugh at the humorous details but had to ponder over the profound irony. Let's see what the two do with the life they once dreamed of?
2 13 Going On 30
Learn to appreciate reality with 13 Going On 30
Not only does it stop at exploiting the topic of body swapping from one person to another, you also have a new perspective in 13 Going On 30. The film helps people see more correctly about life when going into the topic of swapping. change the body of the same person at two different times. Thirty Years Old Girl has the content around a 13-year-old girl who always wishes to grow up quickly because she feels that her current life is too tiring. And then the night of her 13th birthday, she woke up to her own body 17 years later. Experiencing too many problems in life such as work, boyfriend, daily activities, social relationships, ... she feels that the future is not better than the present. Although watching the movie, you often laugh because of the funny details, but don't forget to feel the meaning of having to appreciate reality through the film.
3 Nine Lives
Funny with human life when stuck in a pet
Nine Lives is one of the most anticipated body-swapping movies by Vietnamese audiences in 2016. The film is very suitable for pet lovers, especially cute and smart cats. The content of Nine Lives is about a father who suffered a miracle that he trapped his soul in the cat he gave his daughter for her birthday but had 9 lives. Throughout the film, the audience will freely relieve stress and laugh at the father's inconvenient cat life but ponder the message the film conveys.
4 Secret Garden
Sympathize and understand each other better in love through Secret Garden
Not only the US, but also Korea is also very successful when exploiting the topic of body swap in cinema. In particular, Korean movie fans definitely cannot ignore Secret Garden with Ha Ji Won and Hyun Bin. The Secret Garden tells the story of a perfect, arrogant guy and an active, lovely girl. They swap bodies after entering a strange house together. Although facing many difficulties in their swap lives, the two have more opportunities to understand and love each other. Let's see why Secret Garden became a big hit all over Asia right after its debut!
5 Daddy Issues
Let's see what father and son Hai and Chau do in each other's bodies?
Not only in other countries, Vietnam finally brought a body swap movie with great investment and success like Papa's Soul, Daughter's Skin. The film tells about the life of father and son, Hai and Chau, who were originally peaceful and happy, but gradually became conflicted and distant after Chau's mother passed away. After a night of arguing in front of their mother's grave, the father and son experience strange things and are swapped bodies after waking up. Since then, all tragedies happen when both are in the position of the other. But since then, both understand and sympathize with each other more, find true happiness at the end of the film.
6 Your Name
Sweet with love through the body swap in the anime Your Name
Finally, for those who are longtime fans of Japanese anime, you definitely cannot miss the body swap film Your Name. This is a Japanese animated movie in the genre of love and romance with beautiful and attractive images. The film is the body swap story of a city high school boy living in Tokyo and a country girl when both dream of having each other's lives. More strangely, the miracle of swapping from a thousand-year-old comet brought them both through space and time to come together and fall in love. Let's watch the sweet love story and funny movie details. Have you seen any of the movies in the top 6 that we reviewed? If you still miss it, quickly invite your friends to practice the movie again!
7 Freaky Friday (2003)
The movie Freaky Friday conveys a message of family affection and mutual respect. Photo source: shopDisney
Freaky Friday Trailer
Freaky Friday is one of the most famous works on the subject of body swap. In Freaky Friday, the extremely mysterious body swap situation became an excuse to mend the motherly love of a mother and daughter who gradually grew apart because of the generation gap. The mother and daughter professor Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and the teenage girl Anna (Lindsay Lohan) seem to be opposites in all aspects from the way they dress and behave to their interests and outlook on life. They are suddenly hit by a curse of body swapping and the curse can only be broken when mother and daughter understand and get along. The funny situations in the process of each person trying to adjust to the other's life both bring the audience endless laughter while gently conveying the message of family affection and mutual respect. together.
8 Công chúa khó gần
Mr. Queen. Image source: Shelikes
Mr. Queen Episode 1 trailer
One of them is the historical drama drama of the comedy genre "Mr.Queen" (The difficult princess). Premiered on December 12, 2020, this drama immediately achieved high ratings in the first episode. Nielsen Korea noted, "The Unapproachable Princess" broke the national average ratings of 8.0 and 9.9%. The new two-episode drama tells the story of a Joseon-era queen named Kim So Yong (played by Shin Hye Sun), who was swapped bodies. In his body is the spirit of a chef named Jang Bong Hwan, who works at the Blue House in modern times. Kim So Yong then marries Cheoljong (played by Kim Jung Hyun), a king who has a soft appearance and is easily manipulated. Since the release of the first trailer, this drama has captivated viewers with various hilarious scenes of Kim Jung Hyun and Shin Hye Sun.
