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Year: 2011
USA: Universal Pictures
UK: Universal Pictures International (UK)
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia
Wilde, Alan Arkin, Mircea Monroe, Gregory Itzin, Ned Schmidtke, Lo
Ming, Sydney Rouviere, Dax Griffin, Andrea Moore, Matthew Cornwell
Director: David Dobkin
Country: USA
USA & UK: 112 mins
USA Rated: R for pervasive strong crude sexual content and
language, some graphic nudity and drug use
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, sex, sex
references and drug use
USA Release Date: 5 August 2011
UK Release Date: 16 September 2011
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Synopsis
From David Dobkin, director of WEDDING CRASHERS, Jon Lucas and Scott
Moore, the writers of HANGOVER, and producer Neal Moritz (FAST &
FURIOUS, CLICK). THE CHANGE-UP stars Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman
in a comedy that takes the traditional body-switching movie, ties it
up tightly and throws it off a cliff.
Growing up together, best friends Mitch (Reynolds) and Dave
(Bateman) were inseparable. Over the years though they’ve slowly
drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and
father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed
man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch,
Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore
him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living
Mitch’s stress free life without obligation or consequence would
be a dream come true.
Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds
are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies
and proceed to freak the &*#@ out.
Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys
soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as
they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy
legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged
father (Alan Arkin). 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.
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