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11/11/2023

The Change-Up (2011)

Two guys in their 30s who have been friends since childhood have taken completely different paths in life. Dave's a successful lawyer with three kids and a lovely wife while Mitch is a struggling actor living in a shitty apartment that sees a parade of sexual partners. At the end of a guys' night out, they're declaring how jealous they are of each others' lives and wham -- a "Freaky Friday" situation happens.

I'm not sure if this would've been funnier pre-Me Too, but it's low-key gross now. The funniest (though also terrifying) bits were the segments with Mitch-in-Dave attempting to wrangle his infant twins. All the parts where the guys are contemplating sex with partners they shouldn't are just nose-wrinkling. In all, the writing just felt like it was either stealing from other movies (searching for the fountain was the same plot as searching for Zoltar in Big) or taking the laziest path possible.

D+

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