A largely enjoyable and credible coming-of-age romp, despite some forced broadness and uneven pacing.
Date and Switch
Love's all about the right combination.
2014 · 1h 31m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Chris Nelson
Overview
Two guys who make a pact to lose their virginity before prom find their friendship tested when one of them comes out of the closet.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Like a fresh ripple in the near-stagnant high school movie pool, Chris Nelson's "Date and Switch" balances formula with winning performers, genuine humor and a generosity of spirit that this genre too often lacks.
In its sloppy humor and unabashedly earnest expressions of friendship and romance, the movie feels like any likable, and generally forgettable, teen comedy. And yet with its casually handled twist, the genre ambles forward just a little bit.
It's a movie about being true to yourself that's reluctant to let its real character show. At any point that it looks likely to tweak sex-comedy convention or get truly weird, it reverses course at the last minute.
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