The Change-Up [Blu-ray]

Director: David Dobkin David Dobkin

Overview

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).

Product Details

Release Date:	02/19/2019
UPC:	0191329093764
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	6,031

Special Features

Deleted Scene; Hiliarious Gag Reel; Time for a Change: The Making of THe Change-Up; Feature Commentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ryan Reynolds	Mitch Planko
Jason Bateman	Dave Lockwood
Leslie Mann	Jamie Lockwood
Olivia Wilde	Sabrina McArdle
Alan Arkin	Mitch's Dad,Pamela
Mircea Monroe	Tatiana
Gregory Itzin	Flemming Steel
Ned Schmidtke	Ted Norton
Ming Lo	Ken Kinkabe
Sydney Rouviere	Cara Lockwood
Dax Griffin	Blow-Dried Goon
Andrea Moore	Sophia
Craig Bierko	Valtan
Taaffe O'Connell	Mona
Fred Stoller	Movie Set PA
Faith Alhadeff	Nicolette Peters
Luke Bain	Peter Lockwood,Sarah Lockwood
Jamie Renell	Lawyer
Kenny Alfonso	Businessman at Sonsie Café
Joe Knezevich	Amalgamated Exec
T.J. Hassan	Kinkabe Lawyer,Kinkabe Lawyer
Matthew Stanton	PA,PA
Gabe Wood	Neighbor
Cooper Gore	Neighbor's Kid
Ed Ackerman	Victor
Jeanine Jackson	Carla Nelson
Vickie Eng	Erin Walsh
Amber Seyer	Beautiful Woman
Anna Colwell	Cute Girl in Elevator
Steven Dean Davis	Tattoo Artist
Patricia French	Dave's Secretary
Jeanette Miller	Grandma Taylor
Greg Savage	Construction Worker
Adam Boyer	Tattoo Artist
Matthew Rimmer	Tattoo Artist
Bailey Anne Borders	Babysitter
Ken Delozier	Minister
Anton Mertens	Amalgamated Attorney
Paul Barlow Jr.	Amalgamated Attorney
Anthony Breed	Amalgamated Attorney
Jason Benjamin	Amalgamated Attorney
Gary Babiarz	Amalgamated Attorney
Jeremy Lippman	Construction Worker
Dimitrius Pulido	Greased-Up Lorno Guy
Clay Chamberlain	Boom Operator
Blake Goza	First A.D.
Ryter Shay Cannon	Tommy
Arin Logan	Sexy Girl in Bar
Martha Bird Knighton	Old Lady
Lindsey Blackwell	Little Girl
Michael Beasley	Security Guard
Clay Edmond Kraski	Security Guard
Jérémie Lippmann	Construction Worker
Lindsey Walden	Photo Double
Matt Cornwell	Parks Foreman
John Debney	Composer
Gloria Webber	Actor
Michael A. Templeton	Actor
Joel Rogers	Actor
Timothy J. Richardson	Actor
Steven Reddington	Actor
Anna Rappaport	Actor
David Dobkin	Actor
Lo Ming	Ken Kinkabe

Technical Credits

Scott Moore

Jon Lucas

David Dobkin	Director,Producer
Scott Moore	Screenwriter
Jon Lucas	Screenwriter
Neal H. Moritz	Producer
Joe Caracciolo Jr.	Executive Producer
Ori Marmur	Executive Producer,Producer
Jeff Kleeman	Executive Producer,Producer
Jonathon Komack Martin	Executive Producer,Producer
Jack Gill	Stunts,Second Unit Director
Daniel Stevens	Stunts
Joe Foglia	Sound Mixer
Gail Hunter	Script Supervisor
Chris Fogel	Sound Mixer
Debbie Walters	Script Supervisor
Joseph M. Caracciolo	Producer

Editorial Reviews

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 resumé, 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' über-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.