The Change-Up
The Change-Up
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. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.
2.1 out of 5 based on 13 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
David Dobkin |
| Cast |
Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin Jason Bateman |
| Studio |
Universal |
| Release Date |
September 2011 |
| Running Time |
112 mins |
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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. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.
Reviews
The Financial Times
Leo Robson
"We have become accustomed to the fact that US comedies, however foul-mouthed, always turn out to be softies; but it doesn’t get any easier to accept."
15/09/2011
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The Sunday Times
Cosmo Landesman
"I know I should be ranting about the infantilisation of American cinema, but I was too busy laughing. Help! "
18/09/2011
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The New York Times
Stephen Holden
"No matter how diligently The Change-Up scrubs itself, it leaves behind a faint if unmistakable scent from its initial eruption. "
04/08/2011
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The Scotsman
Alistair Harkness
"Thanks to the innate likeability of Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds, they score some laughs from the sketched-on-the-back-of-match-book plot."
17/09/2011
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
"There are a few tired laughs to be had."
15/09/2011
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The Evening Standard
Derek Malcolm
"David Dobkin ... seems convinced that the anal stuff will appeal to 75 per cent of Hollywood's regular audience of 17 to 25-year-olds. "
16/09/2011
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
"Hilarity doesn't ensue. "
16/09/2011
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The Independent on Sunday
Nicholas Barber
"Body-swap comedies may not be noted for their documentary realism, but a smidgen of internal logic wouldn't have gone amiss."
18/09/2011
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Total Film
Matt Chapman
"... this is more dumb and crass than clever and filthy."
07/09/2011
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Time Out
Trevor Johnston
"You’d have to call the whole undertaking workmanlike rather than inspired. "
15/09/2011
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The Times
Wendy Ide
"The preposterous plot point is not so much the body swap that occurs after a duet-peeing session into a fountain, but rather that they were friends in the first place. "
16/09/2011
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The Los Angeles Times
Michael Phillips
"A lot of it ... is hacky and repellent. "
05/08/2011
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The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey
"Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman have skill, charm, timing — everything but the right script."
15/09/2011
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