Rotten
You'd have to call the whole undertaking workmanlike rather than inspired.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Overview
Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.
Director and cast
- David Dobkin Director
- Jason Bateman as Dave Lockwood
- Ryan Reynolds as Mitch Planko
- Leslie Mann as Jamie Lockwood
- Olivia Wilde as Sabrina McArdle
- Alan Arkin as Mitch's Dad
- Gregory Itzin as Flemming Steel
- Mircea Monroe as Tatiana
- Sydney Rouviere as Cara Lockwood
- Matthew Cornwell as Parks Foreman
- Craig Bierko Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Pee-pee humor abounds in The Change-Up. There's also a lot of poo-poo humor. And ta-ta humor.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
This comedy doesn't work very well.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
It's occasionally funny and a lot painful...
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Rotten
The Change-Up goes downhill faster than a snowboarder strapped to a jetpack.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
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