Directed by:
David DobkinCinematography:
Eric Alan EdwardsCast:
Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Mircea Monroe, Andrea Moore, Ed Ackerman, TJ Hassan, Matt Cornwell, Dimitrius Pulido (more)VOD (1)
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Old friends Dave (Jason Bateman) and Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) have wildly differing lifestyles, lawyer Dave is a family man, married to Jamie (Leslie Mann) with three kids, while eternal batchelor Mitch is happy to try and bed every woman he sees. While out on a rare drinking night together, the two friends, much the worse for wear, confess their admiration for each other's lives while standing in front of a magical fountain. The next morning, however, the pair are shocked when they wake to discover that they have swapped bodies. Initially intrigued by the novelty of their situation, it doesn't take long for Dave and Mitch to hanker after their old lives when events start to spiral out of control. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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At the beginning, I didn’t really get the humor. Every now and then somebody shat themselves, and then somebody else threw up. But it wasn’t too funny, it would rather make you feel sick if you were eating, which now that I think of it I was. But then the body-swap happened and the whole thing changed somewhat. Sex with a woman in the 9th month of her pregnancy, or kids playing with knives and electricity. This movie is really unorthodox, but if you adapt and get through the first half an hour, it will end on a rather pleasant note. I wouldn’t have believed I would finish watching it, but in the end some scenes sure were worth it.
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A classic extra-corporeal experience with a frequent and almost unbelievably bizarre humor goes by surprisingly quickly and thanks to the Reynolds/Bateman acting duo, it works in principle. But the humor ranges from shit in the face thru licking fake tits to seriously good jokes that will have you rolling in the aisles, and so it all seems a bit inconsistent. The real trump card here is Olivia Wilde in the position every "full-blooded" guy would like to have her. A decent, bite-size snack.
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