48. Na Twoim Miejscu; movie review

NA TWOIM MIEJSCU

Cert 15

103 mins

BBFC advice: Contains strong language

Here's something new... watching a movie at 9.25am!

Yep, on the way home from our holiday in Devon, we detoured to Vue at Cribbs Causeway for Polish comedy/drama Na Twoim Miejscu.

And, no surprise, we were the only people in screen two for the early morning screening.

Antonio Galdamez has come up with a new take on the body morph genre which will probably never find a match for the fantastic Tom Hanks film Big.

Na Twoim Miejscu stars Paulina Galazka and Miron Jagniewski as a married couple Kaskia and Krzysiek going through last-resort therapy.

The pair are at loggerheads over everything from their work and home responsibilities to parenting their only child.

Divorce seems inevitable until the night of a full moon when they literally swap bodies without any explanation.

So, the next morning Kaskia - looking like him- has to attend her husband's hugely important business meeting while he, looking like her, must run a nursery school class.

Needless to say, there is a catalogue of chaotic and amusing episodes resulting from the unwanted swap.

There is also pathos - with both sides gaining a gradual understanding of what the other brings to the relationship.

The question is whether it will be enough to save a wrecked marriage.

Galazka and Jagniewski give the requisite pantomime-style exaggeration to their changeover parts and have enough gravitas when serious moments arrive.

Na Twoim Miejscu may have been an early viewing but, thankfully it was untaxing and relatively entertaining.

Reasons to watch: Light and watchable

Reasons to avoid: very daft at times

Laughs: Two

Jumps: None

Vomit: Yes

Nudity: Bare bum

Overall rating: 6/10

Did you know? For her audition to film school, Paulina Gałązka sang the song "Nad Buczynką", written by her grandfather, who was a folk artist and farmer.

The final word. Paulina Gałązka: How could I pass up the opportunity to play a man in a woman's body? It was an interesting challenge. Rozrywka Blog

 

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