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The Change Up

posted by admin, August 15, 2011 @ 2:17 PM

Movie: The Change Up

  • Director: David Dobkin
  • Release Date: August 2011
  • Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
  • Run Time: 112
  • Genre: Comedy

Tagline: Who says men cant change?

Review: Director David Dobkin has done some pretty good comedies in the past that include Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers, and Fred Claus. Dobkin has followed those with his newest one, The Change-Up. Just like he did with Crashers and Claus, Dobkin introduces us to his main characters with a scene before showing us the title.

In the opening scene, we meet Dave (Jason Bateman). Dave is a successful lawyer with a loving wife and three young kids. Dave has to wake up at three in the morning to get his kids to stop crying. We then meet his best friend Mitch (Reynolds), who is a big time slacker. Mitch doesnt have a stable job, hooks up with many ladies, and doesnt really care about his father, who is his only family.

They both havent seen each other in a while. One day, Mitch asks Dave to hang out at a bar with him, get a beer and watch the baseball game. They catch up on what is happening with each other and think that the other guy has the better life. They urinate in a fountain and say I wish I had your life. A power outage happens right after they say it. The next morning, they both wake up and realize that they are in each others bodies.

Now Dave and Mitch must act as if they are still themselves even though they are not themselves. Bateman and Reynolds nail these roles very well as they show that they are not themselves. Both Bateman and Reynolds stand out as the two leads, especially when they have to act like each other. Some other key players includes Leslie Mann as Daves wife, who has played a role like this many times before. An even better supporting player is Olivia Wilde as Sabrina, a young associate lawyer at the firm Dave works at who reluctantly agrees to go out with Mitch.

Like Crashers, Dobkin has made another good buddy comedy. He focuses the film on his two leading men and all the crazy shenanigans they go through together.

14 Responses to “The Change Up”

  1. jacqueline says:

    I agree with you on The Change Up – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been

  2. loraine says:

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  4. whitney says:

    I thought The Change Up was interesting, it was a new type of romantic movie, and a smart one as well. After that it all went downhill. I saw 3 movies too many. Now I cannot bear to even watch this movie again, but, apparently there are still people out there that can enjoy a movie like this and I am glad they can.

  5. edward says:

    The Change Up is a genuinely great movie– disappointing summer aside. It’s more refreshing, perhaps, due to the fact that this season has been so stark, but The Change Up easily deserves praise all on its own merits rather than by lack of good competition.

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  7. tiffany says:

    The film The Change Up is worth it to watch. the movie is so cool.
    I didn’t find it to long, it was at times a little too knowing and even self indulgent but I guess a film like that has to be! It makes my top ten of the year so far. Lets see if it stays there!

  8. tracy says:

    The film The Change Up is worth it to view. the movie is so awesome.
    I didn’t find it to long, it was at times a little too knowing and even self indulgent but I guess a film like that has to be! It makes my top ten of the year so far. Lets see if it stays there!

  9. ashley says:

    I agree with you on The Change Up – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been

  10. wesley says:

    The two great things about The Change Up are the look and the acting. When I say feel I am referring to everything from the costumes and makeup all the way to the photography combining to capture the look of the time perfectly. The soundtrack is also pretty good too as you would expect!

  11. miriam says:

    I agree with you on The Change Up – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been

  12. flossie says:

    I thought The Change Up was interesting, it was a new type of romantic movie, and a smart one as well. After that it all went downhill. I saw 3 movies too many. Now I refuse to even watch this movie again, but, apparently there are still people out there that can enjoy a movie like this and I am glad they can.

  13. kathy says:

    The film The Change Up is worth it to see. the The Change Up is so phenomenal. It’s a strangely paced film and suffers at times from incredibly long exposition and poorly contrived story lines that seem to be added to no doubt develop the storyline rather than the The Change Up story that I wanted to see.

  14. alan says:

    I agree with you on The Change Up – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been


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