The Change-Up

Movie: The Change-Up

Genre: comedy

Synopsis: Dave (Jason Bateman) is lawyer in a big law firm and is obsessed with making partner. He is married to Jaimie (Leslie Mann) and has three children.  His best friend is Mitch (Ryan Reynolds).  Mitch is a stoner with no ambition who acts in soft-porn movies.  They both think the other has a better life.  A magical fountain causes their minds to switch bodies.  They each now get to see the good things and the not-so-good things about each other’s life.

My two cents: This movie had a lot of good laughs, but caused me to cringe a few too many times. One example is when they show a baby playing with a blender and trying to stick his hand into the whirling blades.  Another was a scene with the two urinating in public in front of a bunch of girl scouts.  On the plus side, I thought Olivia Wilde, Dave’s legal assistant, stole just about every scene she was in.

   

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