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Family Switch (2023)

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The poster for Family Switch with Ed Helms, Jennifer Garner, Emma Myers, and Brady Noon
Family Switch
PG
Family
Fantasy
Christmas

Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout? - Netflix

Release Date
November 30, 2023
Director
McG
Writers
Victoria Strouse, Adam Sztykiel
Cast
Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers, Brady Noon, Rita Moreno, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bashir Salahuddin, Fortune Feimster, Xosha Roquemore, Paul Scheer, Andrew Bachelor, Pete Holmes, Naomi Ekperigin, Dan Finnerty, Cyrus Arnold
Runtime
101 minutes

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