Movie Review: The Change Up

Jason Bateman stars as David, a successful lawyer and family man on the brink of becoming partner at his law firm. Ryan Reynolds stars as his childhood friend who can't seem to get his life on track.
The movie, while funny, is your typical body switching plot. We have seen it before. Two parties in a grass is greener situation for each other do some random thing, the lights flicker, and they are surprised that they wake up as the other one the next day.
Of course they can't just go back the same day and do the same thing to reverse it the next day before any damage is done, noooooo that would be too easy and not long enough for even a sitcom. And so it goes, we watch them struggle as each other for two hours. In most cases these movies have some tender life lesson that the characters learn.
In this case the lesson was they got to hear how they are screwing up their lives directly from the people who mattered most to them. Of course those people thought they were talking to the other person so it was candid and only slightly brutal.
Sometimes in life we need to hear straight up how we are doing in the eyes of others. We need to be told if our actions are wronging those we care most about. Dave needed to learn to relax and slow down and Mitch needed to learn to follow through and take things seriously. Of course in the end they switch back and the world was great.  This movie is pretty funny, but don't take your mom, your pastor, or anyone who is easily offended cause the movie is ... not for the faint of heart.

The Change Up starts today, Friday August, 5.

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