I'm married. And I have kids. According to Movies, I'm:
- secretly miserable, mired in an increasingly stale routine
- totally envious of my douchey, non-married friends, who have sex all the time (even on weeknights!)
- basically a virgin again, as it's been so long since I've had sex with anyone
Well, f--k you Movies, because also according to you, after an hour or so examining those awful truths, it will turn out that I:
- am too focused on the negatives, and am ignoring the great beauty of my simple, yet rewarding life
- don't realize how unhappy those friends of mine are, and they actually long to be me
- love my wife more than anything, and that we will soon rekindle that passion in a stunning grand gesture
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| Why do I hate this poster so much? Oh, it's because I'm the top guy. |
Despite this dead horse being beaten routinely since the dawn of time (or at least bad cinema), The Change-Up takes yet another crack at the all too-familiar story hinted above. The only innovation to the tired grown-man envy story, if you can call it that, is the entirety of the Freaky Friday plot has been lifted, and then sprinkled with a little bit of Big for good measure. But instead of a young Lindsay Lohan and that lovable goofball, Josh Baskins, we're left with the nightmarishly handsome duo of Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. Not a bad pair, when you think about it.
No, the real fault of this life-swapping 'comedy' is the ridiculous script, too reliant in easy gags and f-bombs versus anything remotely insightful. Now, I realize that people don't fire up a flick like this one for the human drama, but I was hoping for a few more genuine laughs. But, to be fair, I did almost piss myself during a shit scene. Um, if that makes sense.
