The film begins with a silly race event at a park. Two 13-year-old identical twins, Sam and Emma Stanton, are not exactly thrilled attending it.

Their dad, Jerry, is enjoying it, though. Their mom, Denise, is predicting people’s future and giving out free popcorn.

Despite being twins, Sam and Emma have very different interests. Sam is a tomboy who is into sports. Emma is girly and likes fashion and make-up.

However, Sam wants to be better at attracting boys. And Emma wants to improve at sports.

Their father is a soccer coach. At some point, Sam and Emma need to go to soccer practice.

The teams are also going to be co-ed. Jerry is resistant to that at first. But then he accepts it.

While at the soccer field, Jerry is about to select Sam for his team. But William Holmes, who coaches another team, called the Buzzards, chooses her.

However, the Buzzards have not won in several years. Sam in unhappy being part of that team. Simultaneously, Emma is dissatisfied with the team she’s on since she is worried that she’ll displease her dad.

Once at home, the girls come up with a plan to switch places and pretend to be each other at their practices. That way, they’ll get what they want.

They tell their father about this. But he is unsure about it. Yet he agrees to do it and not tell their mother.

Some time later, Denise says that she won’t be able to attend Sam and Emma’s soccer practices due to a work conflict. This relieves and satisfies them.

For the next several practices, the girls go as each other. And they do well. If one doesn’t have practice, she’ll either go to the pizza place or the library.

While the twins are trading places, a boy named Richie asks Sam out. Later, Emma helps Sam practice impressing him before their date.

Denise suspects something unusual about the girls for a little while. Yet Jerry successfully covers it up from her.

However, she finds one of them at the library and offers to give her a ride to practice. Then she finds out that they’ve switched teams as each other when she sees their father at the practice. She gets mad at him for approving this.

Not only is Denise angry at Jerry, but so are the other coaches. They give him a hard time about his decision.

Not long after, though, Denise becomes one of the coaches. And she does a good job.

However, Sam and Emma have to confess to Emma’s crush, Taylor, at school that they’ve been pretending to be each other. Of course, Taylor is annoyed.

The girls eventually go back to their actual teams. Can they clean up their acts and become successful?

As a comedy, this movie made me laugh a lot. It was lighthearted, fun, and fast-paced. The scenes switched quickly, too, but at the right times.

The characters were well-developed, memorable, and likable. I admired the traits and personalities of both Sam and Emma. They acted very much like real young teen girls.

They also had nice relationships with their parents. I actually found it satisfactory that they didn’t get punished for switching teams as each other.

Both Jerry and Denise were kind parents. I loved seeing them be sweet and understanding to their kids. In fact, I prefer that to parents being unfair and useless, like they are in some other fictional works.

Yes, main characters need to make their own decisions and be independent. But they can still be that way with nice and loving caregivers.

I also want to compliment on the plot and premise of the story. Both were really strong and well-executed. The soccer games were fun to watch, as well.

That being said, there were some small flaws in this movie. For instance, both Sam and Emma’s crushes looked similar. They weren’t twins, but it was little bit hard to tell them apart.

Another issue was how the film got somewhat confusing during the last several minutes. I had some trouble understanding what was happening.

Regardless of the drawbacks, though, this movie was fun and fantastic. The perks were way stronger.

Overall, I enjoyed Switching Goals. It would make a great movie for people of all ages, especially those who love sports.

I give this film 4.5 out of 5 stars.