Dating the Enemy

One Valentine's Day evening, a group of single, dateless friends gathers to play Trivial Pursuit. Brash, self-confident Brett (Guy Pearce) has just landed a job as presenter of a TV gossip show. Tash (Claudia Karvan) is a studious, self-conscious science journalist for a national newspaper. They have nothing in common but decide to get together. A year later Brett's career is going well, with the possibility of a job in New York, and popularity has gone to his head. Tash is still trying to write serious scientific articles for a newspaper that is more interested in gossip and sex, so her articles frequently get buried on page 12. Their relationship is on the rocks. During a Valentine's Day boat trip on a full-moon night in Sydney Harbour, they have an argument and Brett decides that he has had enough and ends their relationship. Tash tells him: "I wish you could be me, so you could see how I feel for once. I wish I could be you, so I could show you what an idiot you've become!' The next morning they awaken to find that they have swapped bodies and must learn what being in the other person's shoes--and feet--is really life. Tash must try to keep Brett's high-profile career on track, while Brett is so bored by Tash's job that he starts trying to make science sexy. Each learns to appreciate the other, as only together can they make the enforced predicament work.