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5.9Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.
Released: 1991-05-10104 minDir: Blake EdwardsFantasy, ComedyBox office: $15.5M
Cast
- Ellen Barkin as Amanda Brooks
- Jimmy Smits as Walter Stone
- JoBeth Williams as Margo Brofman
- Lorraine Bracco as Sheila Faxton
- Tony Roberts as Arnold Freidkin
- Perry King as Steve Brooks
Themes
- dying and death
- blackmail
- redemption
- reincarnation
- role reversal
- womanizer
- god
- murder
- purgatory
- psychic
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- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 201702
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- publication date
- 1991-09-12
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- review score
- 26%
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Categories
1990s fantasy comedy films1990s sex comedy films1991 American films1991 English-language films1991 films1991 LGBTQ-related films1991 romantic comedy filmsAmerican fantasy comedy filmsAmerican LGBTQ-related filmsAmerican romantic comedy filmsAmerican satirical filmsAmerican sex comedy filmsEnglish-language fantasy comedy filmsEnglish-language romantic comedy filmsEnglish-language sex comedy filmsFiction about purgatoryFilms about reincarnationFilms directed by Blake EdwardsFilms scored by Henry ManciniFilms set in New York CityFilms with screenplays by Blake EdwardsHBO Films filmsLesbian-related filmsRegency Enterprises films