Family Switch

“Family Switch” is a Dad Joke of a movie, genially corny but enjoying its corniness so much that it invites us to enjoy it, too.

“Family Switch” has bits and pieces of amusement, but mostly you want to swap it for a better movie.

It’s simply hard to feel all that deeply for characters so flat and sweet they might as well be gingerbread people, resolving problems that barely seemed to exist in the first place.

The real nail in the coffin is the film’s messaging about the power of family, which is about as tacked-on and stilted as they come — hardly a shock in light of the rest of the Netflix holiday movie lineup.

There are plenty of shots of the dog urinating under the Christmas tree, as well as a close-up of a colonoscopy souvenir photo, and a recurring joke that involves... snarfing down ice cream and then furiously farting.

There’s no joy in candidly observing that if awfulness were incarnated and saw this movie, it would say, “Whoa, too awful for me.”

This is a story, for all its predictability and faults, that still manages to provide audiences with a sprinkle of holiday cheer

The very familiar premise of body swapping is written until the wheels fall off. Is it a fun trip... sure. Does it go anywhere... no.

One of the worst films of 2023

A very entertaining, if predictable jaunt...a ball of fun, with the best scenes involving the swap between the family’s baby and its pet pooch.