If I Were You 2 (2009)

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

Director:

Daniel Filho

Writers:

Daniel Filho (argument), Euclydes Marinho (screenplay)

Stars:

Glória Pires, Tony Ramos, Isabelle Drummond

4 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glória Pires	...	Helena (as Gloria Pires)
Tony Ramos	...	Cláudio
Isabelle Drummond	...	Bia
Cássio Gabus Mendes	...	Nelsinho
Maria Gladys	...	Cida
John Klarner	...	João Pedro
Maria Luísa Mendonça	...	Denise
Chico Anysio	...	Olavo (as Francisco Anysio)
Marcos Paulo	...	João Paulo
Bernardo Mendes	...	Olavinho
Ary Fontoura	...	Padre Henrique
Vivianne Pasmanter	...	Carla
Garcia Júnior	...	Locutor abertura (voice)
Carlos Bonow	...	Professor de Hip Hop
Maria Maya	...	Vendedora de Loja Masculina

Storyline

The housewife, Helena, has an argument with her workaholic husband, Claudio, because he refuses to travel to Italy on holiday and leave the agency where he works. So Helena throws him from of their house and Claudio moves to the apartment of his single friend Nelsinho in Arpoador. Meanwhile their spoiled daughter discovers that she is pregnant and wants to tell their parents about the baby. Claudio is forced by Nelsinho to go to a night-club where Helena sees him with a woman and believes he is cheating her.

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Plot Keywords:

body switching | sequel | second part | number in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Brazil]

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

2 January 2009 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Gdybym byl toba II

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

BRL 5,601,375 (Brazil), 4 January 2009, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Globo Filmes, Lereby Productions, Total Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofed in Copa de Elite (2014)

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Soundtracks

Reggae da Gravida
Written and performed by Torquato Mariano (as Torcuato Mariano)

User Reviews

Wasted Old Formula Combined with Awful Merchandising

The housewife Helena (Glória Pires) has an argument with her workaholic husband Claudio (Tony Ramos) because he refuses to travel to Italy on vacations and leave the agency where he works and Helena sends him out of their house. Claudio moves to the apartment of his single friend Nelsinho (Cássio Gabus Mendes) in Arpoador. Meanwhile their spoiled daughter discovers that she is pregnant and wants to tell their parents about the baby. Claudio is forced by Nelsinho to go to a night-club and Helena sees her husband with a woman in the door of the place and believes he is cheating her. On the next morning, she asks the divorce; after the first hearing, they switch bodies again in the lift. When Helena arrives home, her daughter tells the news to her increasing the crisis in the family.

The first "Se Eu Fosse Você" does not have an original idea, since there are many movies of switch of sex, but it is very funny and witty. Unfortunately the producers decided to repeat the wasted old formula combined with awful merchandising of a cable television and a newspaper and the result is terrible. Glória Pires again is fantastic and responsible for the few best moments of the movie. Tony Ramos with waxed eyebrow is too gay this time and I did not like his performance. The plot is shallow and full of clichés like in soap operas, following the "Globo" network standard and frivolous and simplistic view of society with the spoiled pregnant teenager marrying a wealthy young man or the couple resolving their profound marriage issues with the wedding of their daughter and an unexpected pregnancy in a ridiculous alienation of reality. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Se Eu Fosse Você 2" ("If I Were You 2")