Parents need to know that this raunchy body-swapping comedy is more like The Hangover than Freaky Friday. There's a certain amount of fun to be had from watching Bateman and Reynolds play against type, but it isn't enough to carry The Change-Up through its crude humor. The Change-Up is a comedy that can't find it's proper place in the demographic of anyone by freakishly pushing the boundaries of taste.
As a bonus, it has the shabbiest low-rent main titles I've seen this side of YouTube. The similarities between the two movies aren't coincidental: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have written both. While Dave is an overworked lawyer.
Friends since third grade, Dave is a driven attorney hoping to make partner, married with kids; Mitch is a slacker enjoying life. After an evening of drinking, they wish for each other's lives in front of a statute in an Atlanta park; the next morning they wake in the other's body. With Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann. To say that lifelong friends Mitch and Dave lead merely different lives is to say that apples and fire hydrants are vaguely dissimilar items. Man-child Mitch's world is full of daily recreational debauchery and as many joints as he can smoke between low-life acting auditions. The Change-Up starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde is reviewed by Christy Lemire (AP critic and host of Ebert Presents at the Movies, check your local PBS listings), Ben.
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This movie was much better than we were expecting it to be. They could have left out some of the raunchy stuff but it was funny and had a good message. The Change-Up opens with a shot of diaper fodder straight to the gullet and ends with a tender moment between two lifelong pals -- effectively continuing the contemporary, Apatow-inspired trend of.
While Dave is an overworked lawyer. Here's The Change-Up's first mistake: As set up by director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) and writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover), the game is rigged. Learn more If you like humor similar to that found in The Hangover, and aren't easily offended, you will definitely enjoy The Change-up. Watch The Change-Up movie trailer and get the latest cast info, photos, movie review and more on TVGuide.com.