The Change-Up
2011 Directed by David Dobkin
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Who says men can't change?
Growing up together, Mitch and Dave were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they've slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave's worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other's bodies. Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other's lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed.
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Bateman might want to consider a change up in agent.
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It is hard to make an original body swap comedy considering at least 10,000 were produced during the 1980s but I am struggling to think of too many R-rated takes on the familiar story. Sadly the R-rated humour here is obvious, crass and rarely funny. I’m going to sound like an old fart but the current trend of gross out humour really isn’t all that appealing to me. It is not so much the fact it has copious amounts of swearing or babies shitting into their father’s mouth but the fact that the swearing alone is supposed to be funny.
It is a shame because the central casting of Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman works well against type and both…
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… And high jinks ensue.
A format that has been tried, tested, flogged, crushed, eaten, expelled, flushed away, chewed by a bottom feeder, vomited up, scooped up and sold yet again… and yet this movie wasn't the B- I was hoping for, instead it was gloriously revolting (cue; "animated bumhole"), a little exploitative and very funny.
After all, with movies like these it's never about the predictable 3 act, it's about the journey. No regrets! Enjoy.
Bateman is everywhere this year. Perhaps being smacked by Ben Affleck is key to a career in comedy.
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Not the disaster Bridesmaids turned out to be earlier today, but still a below average attempt at comedy. A few--very few--decent scenes and moments, but I guess writers Lucas and Moore spent all their best material at The Hangover. For the rest of their careers they'll probably eat of that ticket, but its no fun for the rest of us.
Neither Bateman nor Reynolds are at the top of their game, but I can't hardly blame them. The material ain't exactly shiny.
I guess Olivia Wilde is a pretty girl, but she's yet to show something anywhere that makes me instantly wanna watch a movie just because she's in it. And I guess her eyes kind of freak me out every so often....
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Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds saved this from a complete disaster with there chemistry and humor, but not enough to be decent or good.
David Dobkin's wants to be funny and dramatic and by trying both he fail horribly. -
If it wasn't for the excellent chemistry between Bateman and Reynolds this film would be terrible. There are far too many gross out gags that fall flat. Bateman and Reynolds make it watchable but they can't make it anything more than a below average comedy.
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I thought form the trailer this was a somewhat appropriate movie. I was wrong even though end up not being has horrible. Olivia Wilde is just awesome person so that helped.
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It was mediocre, basically Freaky Friday but with dudes.
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A veces basta con ver la película adecuada en el momento adecuado. The Change Up funciona muy bien como comedia y como remedio a cualquier mal. Acertadísima pareja protagonista. Lo de Olivia Wilde no tiene nombre. 8/10
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I was thoroughly prepared to hate the shit out of this. However, the "Vice Versa", "Like Father, Like Son", "Freaky Friday" cliche was surprisingly funny. Jason Bateman is one hell of an underrated actor. Dude can play comedy any way.
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Not as outright atrocious as I expected; I feel like there is a good movie in here somewhere but there is so much eye-roll inducing juvenile humor and creepy CGI babies that it ultimately fails. Good ideas, bad execution.
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Esperaba menos
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It wasn't that great of a movie. It had an unoriginal plot and too many poop jokes. The only saving grace was the acting of Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman.
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one for jason bateman one for ryan reyolds
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Una película mas sobre desear cambiar de vida...bueno ¿qué podía esperar de una película con ese titulo y en la que sale Ryan Reynolds? al menos no lo puedo culpar de publicidad falsa.
Esta película me hubiese pasado de noche Si no es por que Jason Bateman me cae muy bien y ademas que, cuando salia el personaje de Olivia Wilde me la pasaba preguntando en que otra película la eh visto.
Y bueno, Reynolds esta por entrar esa lista que encabeza Nicholas Cage y Olivia Wilde a la lista donde también esta Kate Beckinsale.