Here’s the movie that might just out-Hangover The Hangover: Part II at the box office this summer. It even comes from the same writing team.
The Change-Up‘s premise is simple: A bit of magic transforms family man Jason Bateman into the sexaholic Ryan Reynolds, and vice versa. The hilarity comes from Reynolds being forced to deal with poopy diapers and a wife who doesn’t shut the bathroom door, and Bateman getting lots of T&A. The dilemma comes from whether accepting T&A is wrong when you’re in another man’s body.
It doesn’t look great, but it doesn’t look horrible. It looks…typical. Maybe I just like Bateman and Reynolds too much to completely dismiss it. But oh, how I wish both actors would find a smart and sophisticated comedy to show off their funniness. An Arrested Development kind of comedy. (That’s not a plea for a AD movie. I would just like 2 hours of that kind of wit.) And who knows? Maybe this is. If you boiled Arrested Development down to a poopy sizzle reel, it probably wouldn’t look good either.
The trailer is exclusive to Moviefone, who doesn’t believe in embeds.
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This looks decent. I generally like Bateman, so this has me sold. Lets just hope its not too bad.
This looks pretty bad, however, I too am a sucker for Reynolds and Bateman, so, I’ll probably see it.
Also: when is the last time these Freaky Friday movies have even bothered to TRY to explain the WaCkY changing of places? I mean, seriously? OF COURSE it was cuz we were urinating in the wishing pool!
Looks bad?? Looks like it is what it aims to be and doing so shamelessly. Of interest.
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