Spiv in. Brit. Slang. A person who makes a living by underhand dealings or swindling; black marketeer. An aristocrat among confidence men, Jack Pike (Ken Stott, King Arthur) uses his charm to pull off small, elegant swindles, aided by his right-hand-man Steve (Nick Moran, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and slacker brother-in-law Goat (Dominic Monaghan, Lost, The Lord of the Rings). However, a truck con job with sexy rival Jenny (Kate Ashfield, Shaun of the Dead) unwittingly embroils them in the black market immigrant trade -- with two Albanian children now on their hands. It doesn't take long before the double- and triple-crosses pile up and cons and victims alike are scrambling for safety in an increasingly dangerous game where getting out alive is the only absolute truth.
I think Linda Bassett and David Gant worked wonderful in Spivs. The great supporting cast includes Linda Bassett, David Gant, Roshan Seth, Ken Stott, Elizabeth Berrington.
It was one of those "something in the air" moments in Hollywood. In the space of a year, four different films came out on the same subject: A kid lands in an adult's body (and, often, vice versa--get it?). The best was Big, but this one was surprisingly amusing, thanks to a goofily adolescent performance by Judge Reinhold (as the kid in an adult's body) and a comically serious one by young Fred Savage, who can convey the sense of an grownup trapped in a kid's world. The plot is virtually identical to its competitors--overworked Dad has a big deadline and has to rely on the unreliable kid to come through for him, even as he gets a sense of what his son's life is like--but Reinhold and Savage charm their way through it. --Marshall Fine
Vice Versa was an incredible movie! Both Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage were amazing! Maybe that's what makes the movie so good.The great cast includes Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Kaczmarek.The movie moves on like a dream and end leaving you wanting for more.