Okay, this is as good a place as any to ask. I've been wracking my brain trying to remember the name of this movie because it's a really good example, to my mind, of what makes not just a good transgender story, but a good story in general. I'm hoping someone here has seen it and can tell me the title.
I haven't seen it in ages. It definitely came out in either the 90s or early 2000-2001 era. The basic premise is, as best I can remember, the main character, a chauvenistic jerk, gets himself killed, and God gives him one more chance. He has to find one female who will love him absolutely unconditionally for who he is. The catch is, he has to do so in a female body.
He has to learn, often the hard way, everything there is to know about being a woman, enlisting the aid of his ex-wife. He grows, changes, becomes a better person for his experience, and at the end, after being ... "forced upon" by the man who was once his best buddy when he was still physically a man, he gets pregnant and has a little girl, and realizes that he fulfilled God's challenge, that the little girl loves him, now her, unconditionally.
To quote my favorite survival horror movie, "Mother is God in the eyes of a child" :)
So, does this ring any bells with anyone? It was a really interesting movie that I'd love to watch again.
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"Switch"
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
You are my hero. Thank you!
You are my hero. Thank you!
That's been driving me crazy for ages, but I only recently remembered it after talking to someone about ways to improve my current project.
original
It was a remake of "Goodbye Charlie"
And the quote
...is from "The Crow". Love it.
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May the Stars light your path.
Joy
It was also one of the main
It was also one of the main themes in the Silent Hill movie. Alessa spared her mother, Dahlia, a gruesome death even as she massacred everyone else because, at the end of the day, she still loved Dahlia despite all the hate and suffering the cult had wrought against her.
It's definitely one of my favorite quotes, and something I'd like to use as a story theme someday.
Edit: OH! I remmeber the scene from The Crow now! I completely forgot about it, which is sad because before Silent Hill, The Crow was my favorite movie ;)
The title you're looking for is...
Switch
Maggie is right
Switch is the 1991 comedy is a remake loosely based on Goodby Charlie. Switch starred Ellen Barken, who gave an outstanding performance.
Love,
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune