I must confess to getting a bit bored of the continuous stream of unfunny comedies that are churned out at a rate of knots these days. The typical 'frat'pack movie sort of started it, before film producers realising that in all honesty we all have a certain element of immaturity about us that finds puerile behaviour funny, enough so to watch a film where grown men behave really badly, the tone lowers several layers and we all laugh. To a certain extent. There comes a time when you just get fed up with them all, and The Change-Up tries to change this, and fails. A body swap comedy where the humour is risque and puerile ...  Read the complete review

OK So on a bored rainy afternoon which is the typical Summer day in the UK right now, I decided to go for a lighthearted comedy which ended up being 'The Change-Up'. Having liked body swap comedies in the past, this could just be the film to lift my mood. Dave (Jason Bateman) is a happily married man and a top notch lawyer. Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) is a free spirited, jobless playboy. The two are best friends. After one drunken night out together, the two wished they had each others lives, and upon peeing together into a mystical fountain, they wake up the next morning finding themselves living the other's life. The premise to the movie is simple and ...  Read the complete review

There have been so many body swap movies in the last few decades that you would think Hollywood had it off pat and could hit the right spot with its eyes closed. With Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman in the lead roles this movie should have a dream ticket to print money and it made a tidy profit but that was more due to the stars pulling power than the actual movie itself. The premise of the movie is that childhood friends Mitch (Reynolds) and Dave (Bateman)envy each other's lives, on the one hand you have the single playboy Mitch who can't seem to get out of bed in the morning and on the other you have the hard working family man Dave who has all the crushing ...  Read the complete review