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1991 comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards.

Steve Brooks (Perry King) is a promiscuous and sexist man. He is murdered by his ex-lovers. He is offered acceptance into Heaven only if he finds a woman who truly likes him and is sent back among the living in order to accomplish it. However, the Devil (Bruce Payne) suggests to complicate the task to teach Steve a lesson, and turns him into a beautiful blonde woman (Ellen Barkin).

This film provides examples of:

 * All Men Are Perverts: And how.
 * Baby Ever After
 * Back From the Dead
 * Bar Brawl
 * Bittersweet Ending:.
 * Blessed With Suck: Being a gorgeous blonde woman has its advantages, but when All Men Are Perverts ...
 * Blonde Brunette Redhead: Steve's three exes : Liz, Felicia and Margo.
 * Came Back Wrong: A not so horrible way to come back from the dead, that is.
 * The Casanova: Steve Brooks.
 * Dead to Begin With
 * Deal With the Devil: The Devil is the most involved in Steve's post-mortem deal.
 * Devil in Disguise: The Devil (Bruce Payne) comes on Earth in human form.
 * Distracted By the Sexy: Just about every man that looks at Amanda.
 * Dude Magnet: Amanda.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Amanda.
 * Fetus Terrible: What the Devil suggests to a horrified Amanda at one point.
 * First Law of Gender Bending
 * Gender Bender
 * Girl On Girl Is Hot: What Amanda initially thinks when her and Sheila are doing it, before coming back to Steve's somewhat homophobic point of view.
 * Grave Marking Scene:.
 * Groin Attack
 * Honey Trap: Poor Steve who imagined a foursome with his exes, only to get killed by them.
 * Karma Houdini:.
 * Lipstick Lesbian: Sheila Faxton.
 * Hannibal Has a Point: The Devil suggests to turn Steve into a woman because he thinks Steve, being a womanizer, will easily convince a woman to love him.
 * Masculine Girl Feminine Boy: Amanda and Walter. Even though Walter is not really a feminine guy, Amanda outmatches him in what can be considered a "manly" behaviour.
 * Mood Whiplash: While the movie is mostly comedic in tone, the Devil's visit to Amanda and  are really not played for laugh.
 * Orgy of Evidence: Margo Brofman (JoBeth Williams), one of Steve's exes and murderer, leaves the gun with which she killed him in his appartment to frame Amanda for the murder.
 * Power Blonde: Amanda quickly becomes one, thanks to her intact professional knowledge she had acquired when she was Steve. Not to mention the personality and "guts" she has retained.
 * Screaming Birth
 * Tomboy: Amanda, of course. Just put the mind of a manly womanizer into a woman body and see what happens.
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Amanda takes advantage of this during the bar brawl.
 * Tomboy: Amanda, of course. Just put the mind of a manly womanizer into a woman body and see what happens.
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Amanda takes advantage of this during the bar brawl.