Change-Up

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 08 05 (USA)

UPC: 025192118654

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Nudity, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: A married father and a swinging single swap bodies after a wild night of drinking, and do their best not to throw each other's lives into complete chaos while scrambling to figure out a way to get back in their own skin. Dave (Jason Bateman) and Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) grew up together. They used to be inseparable, but these days they're lucky if they cross paths every few months. Dave is a successful lawyer and happily married father of three; Mitch is a single sexual dynamo locked in a perpetual state of arrested adolescence. And while Mitch admires Dave for having a gorgeous wife (Leslie Mann), happy kids, and a high-paying job, Dave envies his unhitched pal's freewheeling lifestyle and his ability to bed any woman who shoots him a seductive glance. Then one night, after having a few too many, Mitch and Dave voice their mutual admiration for one another, never once suspecting they might be about to find out how the other half lives. However, upon waking up the following morning, the two lifelong pals discover that they have somehow traded places. At first the thought of getting a momentary reprieve from their regular routines is an amusing novelty, but the longer it lasts, the more they just want their old lives back. Just when it seems that things can't get any more complicated, Dave's stunning legal associate Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) drops a bombshell, and Mitch gets a surprise visit from his estranged father (Alan Arkin). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Deleted scenes
Hilarious gag reel
Time for a change: The making of The Change-up
Feature commentary
Downloadable Digital Copy (expires 4/26/12)

Change-Up

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 11/08/2011

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DHMA null, DTS Digital Theater Systems

Runtime: 118 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Change-Up
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20

Jason Buchanan

The Change-Up opens with a shot of diaper fodder straight to the gullet and ends with a tender moment between two lifelong pals -- effectively continuing the contemporary, Apatow-inspired trend of melding gross-out comedy with endearing drama. Of course, with Wedding Crashers already a standout title on his resum?, director David Dobkin has indeed displayed talent for delivering a raunchy punchline. But when it comes to The Change-Up, whether or not you'll find yourself in stitches largely depends on your tolerance for Ryan Reynolds' ?ber-douche personality, and -- to a larger extent -- Jason Bateman offering his best imitation thereof. Dave (Bateman) and Mitch (Reynolds) grew up together. They used to be inseparable, but these days they're lucky if they cross paths every few months. Dave is a successful lawyer and happily married father of three; Mitch is a single sexual dynamo locked in a perpetual state of arrested adolescence. While Mitch admires Dave for having a gorgeous wife (Leslie Mann), happy kids, and a high-paying job, Dave envies his unhitched pal's freewheeling lifestyle and his ability to bed any woman who shoots him a seductive glance. Then one night, after having a few too many, Mitch and Dave voice their mutual admiration for one another, never once suspecting they might literally be about to find out how the other half lives. However, upon waking up the following morning, the two disparate friends discover that they have somehow traded places. At first, the thought of getting a momentary reprieve from their regular routines is an amusing novelty, but the longer it lasts, the more they just want their old lives back. Just when it seems that things can't get any more complicated, Dave's stunning legal associate Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) drops a bombshell, and Mitch gets a surprise visit from his estranged father (Alan Arkin). Back in the 1980s, it seemed like you couldn't walk into a movie theater or look at cable TV listings without running across 18 Again!, Vice Versa, or Like Father, Like Son. Penned by Hangover screenwriters Scott Moore and Jon Lucas, The Change-Up updates the familiar "body swap" concept for a grown-up audience by giving it a vulgar edge and contrasting the lives of an arrested adolescent with a devoted family man and professional instead of the traditional older/younger exchange. And you've got to give them credit for trying; hardly a minute goes by in The Change-Up without some crude sight gag befouling our eyes or inventive profanity teasing our cochleas. With a subplot concerning the hardships of marriage and parenthood, there's no questioning that the writers have strived to give the film some much-needed heart: scenes of Mitch (in Dave's body) struggling with the messy peculiars of fatherhood are exaggerated for maximum comic effect yet still manage to capture the daily stresses of raising a family and also maintaining a career, while the contrasting scenes of Dave (in Mitch's body) pondering the prospects of being single again take the comedy in a lighter direction until the film's heartfelt climax. For the Ryan Reynolds fan, The Change-Up might just be the funniest movie ever made; for everyone else, it's about as funny as a dirty diaper at 3:00 a.m. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr.  Executive Producer 
John Debney  Composer (Music Score) 
Jeff Kleeman  Executive Producer 
Neal H. Moritz  Producer 
Jonathan Komack Martin  Executive Producer 
David Dobkin  Director 
David Dobkin  Producer 
Ori Marmur  Executive Producer 
Scott Moore  Screenwriter 
Jon Lucas  Screenwriter 
Ryan Reynolds  Actor 
Jason Bateman  Actor 
Leslie Mann  Actor 
Olivia Wilde  Actor 
Alan Arkin  Actor 
Mircea Monroe  Actor 
Gregory Itzin  Actor 
Ned Schmidtke  Actor 
Ming Lo  Actor 
Sydney Rouviere  Actor 
Dax Griffin  Actor 
Andrea Moore  Actor 
Matthew Cornwell  Actor 
Craig Bierko  Actor 
Taaffe O'Connell  Actor 
Cooper Gore  Actor 
Fred Stoller  Actor 
Faith Alhadeff  Actor 
Luke Bain  Actor 
Lauren Bain  Actor 
Vickie Eng  Actor 
Jamie Renell  Actor 
Amber Seyer  Actor 
Kenny Alfonso  Actor 
Joe Knezevich  Actor 
T.J. Hassan  Actor 
Matt Stanton  Actor 
Patricia French  Actor 
Jeanette Miller  Actor 
Gabe Wood  Actor 
Greg Savage  Actor 
Adam Boyer  Actor 
Ed Ackerman  Actor 
Jeanine Jackson  Actor 
Bailey Anne Borders  Actor 
Anton Mertens  Actor 
Anna Colwell  Actor 
Paul Barlow, Jr.  Actor 
Steven Dean Davis  Actor 
Anthony Breed  Actor 
Suzanne Arkin  Actor 
Jason Benjamin  Actor 
Gary Babiarz  Actor 
Dimitrius Pulido  Actor 
Matthew Rimmer  Actor 
Clay Chamberlain  Actor 
Blake Goza  Actor 
Ken Delozier  Actor 
Ryter Shay Cannon  Actor 
Arin Logan  Actor 
Martha Bird Knighton  Actor 
Lindsey Blackwell  Actor 
Michael Beasley  Actor 
Clay Edmond Kraski  Actor 
Lindsey Walden  Actor 
Jérémie Lippmann  Actor 

Country: USA