Switch
Seen it?2011 | 104 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 33% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and a lukewarm 5.9 out of 10 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Scarface, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning. The next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room and all evidence of her life has been deleted.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
33% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
5.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$3 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer
- Éric CantonaDamien Forgeat
- Karine VanasseSophie Malaterre
- Mehdi NebbouStéphane Defer
- Aurélien RecoingDelors
- Karina TestaBénédicte Serteaux
- Niseema TheillaudAlice Serteaux
- Bruno TodeschiniVerdier
- Maxim RoyClaire Marras
- Sophie FaucherMarianne Malaterre
- Karim SalehKourosh