Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- absurd
- energetic
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What sets it apart
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Khosro's living brain and Jam's living body are combined through the neurosurgeon's extraordinary intervention.
Khosro seeks to sell his washing-powder formula while Jam confronts bankruptcy and worker strikes.
The body-and-brain experiment turns the central romantic and social relationships into a sustained comic mess.
The film is a Persian-language Iranian comedy centered on broad physical comedy, romance, and workplace conflict.
Films like The Changed Man, and why
Freaky Friday
shares body-swapping absurdity, broad comedy, and romantic complications
The Hot Chick
shares comic identity confusion, physical transformation, and farcical romance
9 to 5
shares workplace satire, class tension, and energetic romantic comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Mohamad Reza Honarmand
- Release Date
- 1998-09-01
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (6)
Cast
- Parviz Parastouei
- Afsaneh Bayegan
- Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
- Reza Jian
- Mahmoud Pakniat
- Ezzatollah Mehravaran
- Hamid Lolaei
- Nader Soleimani
- Shahrokh Sanaei
- Mohammad Reza Haghgoo
Common questions
- What is The Changed Man about?
- A penniless inventor and a bankrupt factory president become the unwilling ingredients of a brain-swapping romantic farce.
- What is The Changed Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Changed Man as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Changed Man violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Changed Man as mild.
- Which films are like The Changed Man?
- Films with a similar feel include Freaky Friday, The Hot Chick, and 9 to 5.
- How long is The Changed Man?
- The Changed Man runs 106 minutes.
