Opposite Day (film)
 |
| Opposite Day | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | R. Michael Givens |
| Written by | Max Botkin |
| Produced by | Jamee Natella Steven Paul |
| Starring | Billy Unger Ariel Winter Dylan Cash Pauly Shore Colleen Crabtree Bradley Steven Perry Will Shadley George Wendt Renée Taylor |
| Cinematography | R. Michael Givens |
| Edited by | Jonathan Cates |
| Music by | Misha Segal |
Production company | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 (estimated) |
Opposite Day is an American comedy film released in October 2009 starring Billy Unger, Ariel Winter, and Dylan Cash, written by Max Botkin. The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
Plot
When young Samuel Benson (Billy Unger) gets embarrassed that parents are making rules, he starts to wish that kids ruled the world. Sammy is told by his grandmother (Renée Taylor) before sleep that he can wish to a wishing star, he wishes one wish: "I wish that kids rule the world." But when Sammy and his sister find a surprising secret, the whole world has changed. All adults act like young children, and children become the important people of the world. Businesses, restaurants, gardens and all other jobs are run by kids. So now it's up to Samuel and his sister Carla to figure out how to change the world. Toddlers are acting like old people. Then Jack Benson(Dick Van Patten), Sammy's grandfather, accidentally runs a stop sign, he see a little kid in a officer costumes and he gets confused. So Sammy's and Carla's grandparents got arrested and Sammy understands not to make that wish again. So they found their parents acting like children. The next day, Carla's best friends Sue calls her at her house where Carla didn't know she had a presentation which almost got her mother fired. She performs very well on the presentation. While Sammy sends the children to school, he went to the laboratory where Chaz has an evil plans to mystify the whole world where Carla and Sammy works together to stop him and they convince him not to do that and they change the world back to normal. Sammy and Carla go on a family vacation where their grandparents are still arrested.
Cast
- Billy Unger as Samuel "Sammy" Benson, a nine-year-old boy with a crazy wish that can change the world forever. Ignoring his sister's advice, he makes his wish come true.
- Ariel Winter as Carla Benson, Sammy's eight-year-old sister. She is always looking up to her brother Sammy. Even though Sammy always gets her into trouble, Carla loves him.
- Dylan Cash as Chaz Larrabee, Sammy's best friend and the son of Dr. Godfrey Larrabee who wants kids to rule the world forever but is stopped by Carla. He is the main antagonist of the film.
- Pauly Shore as Robert Benson, Sammy and Carla's father
- Bradley Steven Perry as Security Guard
- Bridger Palmer as Security Guard
- George Wendt as Corporate Executive
- Rico Rodriguez as Janitor
- Atticus Shaffer as Detective
- Renée Taylor as Martha Benson
- Dick Van Patten as Jack Benson
- French Stewart as the seemingly mad scientist, Dr. Godfrey Larrabee
- Colleen Crabtree as Denise Benson, Sammy and Carla's mother
- Will Shadley as Security Guard # 3
- Kristen Combs as Sue, Carla's best friend, the one who forced her to do a presentation fo her client
- Nadji Jeter as Jasper, Sammy's best friend, who also works in a police station
Release
Opposite Day was released in November 2009, and was directed by R. Michael Givens and written by Max Botkin. Its estimated budget is $1USD million.
External links
 | This film article about a 2000s comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |