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Switching Goals

Switching Goals

Family · TV Movie · 1999

Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.

Movie details

Switching Goals

1999 Family · TV Movie 1h 25m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Steinberg

Written by

Matt Roshkow · David Kukoff

Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen

Emma Stanton

Ashley Olsen

Ashley Olsen

Sam Stanton

Kathryn Greenwood

Kathryn Greenwood

Denise Stanton

Trevor Blumas

Trevor Blumas

Greg Jeffries

Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Dave

Eric Lutes

Eric Lutes

Jerry Stanton

Keith Knight

Keith Knight

Willard Holmes

Court is in session

Put Switching Goals on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.