The Change-Up
An old idea can still yield interesting results, provided it comes from an original proposal, it seeks to bring something new. Otherwise, it’s a waste of time and blatant ways. It’s a bit what happens to “The Change-Up”, a fat joke with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman is the scatological humor that puts on a pedestal.
Dave (Jason Bateman) is tired of his family. His best friend Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) begins to tire of his single life. After a drunken night out, they urinate in a fountain, chanting that they would like to have the existence of the other. In their wake, their wish has come true, causing a lot of emotions on a personal and professional.
In film, the change of body is a proven premise, reaching its peak in the 1980s with films overlooked as “Like Father, Like Son” and “18 Again!”. All thanks to the imaginative 1976 version of “Freaky Friday” that would give birth to the popular remake with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan.
“The Changes up” enters into the dance without new or artistic aimed idea. Its objective is to reuse the same old recipe, dirt in the most nauseating moral. After spending nearly two hours extolling the virtues of children, marriage, friendship, work, and the franchise through various examples watery (the son who resembles his father, the husband is reconciled with his women, etc..), the two writers – yet those of the very funny “The Hangover” – nothing found better that all repeat in a particularly supported final speech.
The bathroom humor that is as repetitive as pushing does not relieve this discomfort. The tone is reminiscent of “Hot Tube Time Machine”. It favors the gag pee, poop and fart in, initiating all on subtle pun excrement. An entry in matter not very gleaming (at least this is not in three dimensions) that continues until the end. The bad taste and the desire to shock are great assets when the laughter is at the rendezvous, and the public accustomed to smart and well curved American comedies (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”, “Horrible Bosses”, “Bridesmaids”) could quickly disenchanted.
A huge gap also exists in terms of interpreters. Jason Bateman is a much better actor than Ryan Reynolds and when the first came after enormous efforts to get out of trouble, the second it languished for a long time. Other talented actors (Alan Arkin, Leslie Mann) have little to defend, while the beautiful Olivia Wilde will not forget the ridiculous situations.
This made a very bad joke with gusto by David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashers”, “Fred Clauss”) would probably never be made. Sanitize a good idea at this point is squarely a feat, as sabotage a casting that is met.
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