The Change-Up (2011)

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A Major Disappointment

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Two very different friends change up lives with each other. The idea behind the movie was good, and seemed entertaining enough to make a great comedy, however the film never reaches that level. Half way through the movie, it gets boring, as the two protagonist start to evaluate their lives and start to "grow up". After that the whole story becomes so messed up, that the ending is not even satisfying, let alone too predictable. The performances were okay, not too good or too bad, and the jokes were mild, some of them not even funny. So change up ends up being a movie that it is too easy to forget after watching it. So 2 out of 10.

Love this movie! Just wanted to say to the people writing reviews, his name is Jason Bateman, not Justin!! Really?? Buy it, you'll love it. Jason and Ryan are great and work together so well. I haven't seen the theatrical version, just the unrated so can't compare, but loved it. There is a lot of potty mouth in this movie, but I think it added to the hilarity and wouldn't have been the same without it, but may offend some I suppose. I'm so not easily offended so I was crackin up. I've never left a movie review before, but the people leaving a review without getting the main actors name right really irritated me. If you are going to take the time to write a review and give credit to a talented actor at least get the name right. How offensive to get Jason's name wrong!

Stock standard body-swap film with very little going for it. The script is mostly unfunny and relies heavily on the "F" word for cheap chuckles. I'm not a prude and I don't object to bad language per se, but the sweary dialogue in this film is just banal. The behavior of the two male characters is unconvincing. The wife cries helplessly.No mother of 3 in their thirties has breasts like Leslie Mann in this film. I believe the nude scenes were shot with a body double and the breasts were digitally enhanced. So I guess it's saying that women are for bearing children while maintaining perfect bodies for the pleasure of their men. I found this offensive. I'm not a raging feminist, I just object to already beautiful women being digitally enhanced to make them look perfectly unreal. Don't we get enough of that sort of thing in magazines? And before anyone tells me to get a life, I have a life, and I like movies. Just not this one.

The Change Up is a body swapping comedy about two men,one whom is a loving dotting father named Dave(played by Jason Bateman) who is fed up with his life as his wife (played by Leslie Mann from George of the jungle)is always whining and always has Dave minding the twins,while the other is a porn actor called Mitch(played by Ryan Reynolds)who enjoys getting it on with women. But their lives will change forever when they leak into a fountain one night and wish to swap each other's lives,leading them to swap places. Now Mitch is Dave,and Dave is Mitch and they have to try and find the fountain in order to go back to their normal lives. But can they really pull off as each other.Overall this film is hilarious. The comedy is rude and hilarious and im not really a fan of rude comedies except for Dumb & Dumber as that is my favourite comedy of all time but this one was really(and I mean) REALLY RUDE and disgusting.If you are a fan of Reynolds and sex comedies with A lot of nudity then check it out. Keep your ears open for the Chuck music theme(starring Zachary Levi) in this film near the middle half of the film.Overall its a 5 out of 10 for the film and the comedy gets a 6 out of ten. 5.6 out of 10.