Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

"The Change-Up" tells the story of two middle-aged friends who one day notice that they're actually jealous of each other's lives. One married with children, the other a playboy without a real plan for life, they couldn't be more different. Through the switch, they learn to appreciate their identities and to work on their on deficites.What you get here is the prototype of a body switch comedy. Two very different guys with very different lifestyles, who fail trying to adopt to the other. I won't lie, the film is quite entertaining and some of the gags aren't even bad, it's just that we've seen this plot a million times and the quite unlikely term of urinating into a fountain doesn't make it a lot better. Thus, the movie ranges somewhere between a cheap box office success and a film to switch off your brain.All in all this is nothing you have to see, but it can be an entertaining piece for a boring evening or if you're really not looking for anything clever and thoughtful.

Before I watch this movie, I saw rating on this web is only 6. I think it will not be the good movie enough to see. But when I saw it, I change my mind. It have many thing that similar to other movie but there are something new to me too. Many scene is very funny. If you look only story, it is very good one. This movie teach a lots of think. Friends, Family, Love is important. Movie have some Rate-R scene because of sex, language ,and boobs but it not too much to me. If you don't be serious with that look it as joke. This movie is not too bad for teenager (It is too bad for children but it warn you with this rate)So it is comedy movie that you need to see.

Love this movie! Just wanted to say to the people writing reviews, his name is Jason Bateman, not Justin!! Really?? Buy it, you'll love it. Jason and Ryan are great and work together so well. I haven't seen the theatrical version, just the unrated so can't compare, but loved it. There is a lot of potty mouth in this movie, but I think it added to the hilarity and wouldn't have been the same without it, but may offend some I suppose. I'm so not easily offended so I was crackin up. I've never left a movie review before, but the people leaving a review without getting the main actors name right really irritated me. If you are going to take the time to write a review and give credit to a talented actor at least get the name right. How offensive to get Jason's name wrong!

The Change-Up is a good movie with a well developed storyline and a great comedic cast.It was certainly a lot if fun to see Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds switching bodies and trying to deal with being the opposite person that lives a completely different life.The first hour of the movie is certainly really funny,but the second half,when it's starts trying a bit too hard to get sweet gets a but irritating,I understood having some heart of course but I felt like when it tried to be too emotional it ended up stretching out to movie to a length that wasn't necessary,the movie is two hours long and it really should have been just an hour and thirty minutes.I felt like the writers were trying to hard to make us feel sorry for these characters while still be a comedy,which didn't work out because the characters personality and the movies set up is just too goofy to really feel sorry for them trying to coup with being a different person.It has its flaws and it's definitely overlong,but the Change Up is still an enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a fun comedy if you have some time to kill. Two friends magically swap bodies after they envy each other's lives,only to realise the grass isn't always greener on the other side.Best Performance: Ryan Reynolds