The Change-Up
2011 · 112 min · R-rated · 6.3/10 on IMDb
comedy, fantasy
Dave (Jason Bateman) and Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) grew up together. They used to be inseparable, but these days they're lucky if they cross paths every few months. Dave is a successful lawyer and happily married father of three; Mitch is a single sexual dynamo locked in a perpetual state of arrested adolescence. And while Mitch admires Dave for having a gorgeous wife (Leslie Mann), happy kids, and a high-paying job, Dave envies his unhitched pal's freewheeling lifestyle, and ability to bed any woman who shoots him a seductive glance. Then one night, after having a few too many, Mitch and Dave voice their mutual admiration for one another, never once suspecting they might be about to find out how the other half lives. But the following morning, upon waking up, the two lifelong pals discover that they have somehow traded places. At first the thought of getting a momentary reprieve from their regular routines is an amusing novelty, but the longer it lasts, the more they just want their old lives back. Just when it seems that things can't get any more complicated, Dave's stunning legal associate Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) drops a bombshell, and Mitch gets a surprise visit from his estranged father (Alan Arkin).
Director: David Dobkin, Actors: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin, Gregory Itzin, Ned Schmidtke, Ming Lo, Sydney Rouviere, Dax Griffin
USA
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Atlantic-09
- BLU-RAY