Few good laughs,t his movie was very well done and very funny. There's been a few comedies out this year some that we couldn't wait to see just to find out that they actually sucked and the only funny parts were already previewed, but this one was worth the wait in-which we didn't have to wait long with a big thanks to the submitter and it is a great to see movie,i might go as far as to say its even worth a second watch// 5/5

Good comedy but they have had several of these similar movies in the past where 2 people change bodies. It has some deep life lessons and messages through out the movie if you pay attention and i like to see that, especially in a comedy. It is well worth the time if you want a decent funny movie with a message.

Out of all the reviews I read it seems that no one enjoys a good R rated comedy anymore. What happened to the days when everyone kept it simple. This movie made me laugh a lot from start to end. There was a lot of harsh language in this movie BUT! it was done very well. So many funny parts in the movie. I did not find myself bored at anytime in this film. I watched this movie in the hopes to enjoy myself and laugh till my sides hurt and it did just that. One of the better R rated profane comedies I've seen in the last few years. So many comedies have came out rated PG-13 the last few years and many of them was just plain dull.

If you enjoy adult humor this is a movie you will like. This movie IS NOT for children lol.

If you do not enjoy adult humor why are you here? Don't review or even rate it ffs go back and watch smurfs or whatever.

Yet another buddy swap flick, The Change Up is pretty much a predictable flick (seriously, they have done this how many times?). Full of foul language and sexual references, the film does have it moments. Both Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds play typical parts for them, (Bateman is the man-child character and Reynolds is the workaholic for most of the movie) and they both pull it off with only the smallest use of overacting. Overall an OK comedy flick.

This was a cute movie. The "switch" has been remdade so many times. I expected it to be extremely funny and it wasn't. It had a few chuckle moments but it wasn't as funny as it should have been considering the two guys different life styles. It was still worth a watch. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7.

A great comedy! This movie had hilarious monologue that keeps you laughing throughout the entire film. A twisted unemployed stoner bachelor changes bodies with his married work-a-holic best friend who is a hands on father which leads to a funny event after event. This movie keeps you entertained throughout and is very amusing!

Quality:
Watchable, not the best but not dreadful

Storyline:
Reminds me of a 1980s classic "Like Father Like Son" 1987
http://www.letmewatchthis.ch/watch-2707101-Like-Father-Like-Son

Whilst the movie shows Jeniffer Aniston acting like ive never seen her before (being very forward) and sexy, it failed to live up to my expectations from the trailer.

But either way I would still give this movie a 4/5 (Great)
rating, liked how this movie didnt copy the entire body switching movies from the 1980s like "Like father like son" or "Vise Versa" but added some originality to it.

Does leave you wondering though, if it was possible...

.. what would your friends really think of you

This film is awsome!!! The film was well scripted and very well shot. The acting was amazing, it was very good at times when it needed to be, props to the actors. The movie can be boring at some place but that was just me. This is a must watch, 4.5/5

"The Change-Up" is one of the dirtiest-minded mainstream releases in history. It has a low opinion of men, a lower opinion of women, and the lowest opinion of the intelligence of its audience. It is obscene, foulmouthed, scatological, creepy and perverted. As a bonus, it has the shabbiest low-rent main titles I've seen this side of YouTube.

It is a body-switch comedy. You remember those. There must have been dozens. Through some sort of magic, two characters find themselves occupying each other's bodies, or their own bodies at different ages. This can be charming, as when Tom Hanks did it in "Big" (1988) or Jodie Foster in "Freaky Friday" (1976). And remember Francis Coppola's "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), with Kathleen Turner becoming herself as a teenager?

To mention such movies in connection with this one is a sacrilege. Putting aside considerations of the story, "The Change-Up" sets out to violate and transgress as many standards of civilized conduct as it can. Don't get me wrong. Faithful readers know I treasure cheerful vulgarity. But readers, I've seen "The Hangover," and this is no "The Hangover."

Here you will see projectile pooping into faces. Two men exposing themselves and urinating in a "magic fountain" in a shopping mall in the presence of small children. Three tattoo artists closely scrutinizing a woman's vagina. Women systematically required to bare their breasts. Language in which non-obscene words provide an oasis. Best buddies essentially sharing the same wife.

OK, OK. In the context of a different movie, I can imagine all of those things working in a comedy. Except the public pissing. I think we can all agree that's problematical. So let's get back to the bare breasts. There are a great many of them, frequently and roughly fondled, for one reason only, and it isn't eroticism. If it were, I would sympathize. It has to do with the systematic exploitation of every actress in a film where God forbid an actor would be asked to display his penis. (We don't see penises in the urination scene. Only the kids can.)

Now consider the leading characters. They are Mitch (Ryan Reynolds), a pothead layabout, and Dave (Jason Bateman), an attorney and father of three. They've been best friends since grade school. They envy each other's lives. Through pissing in the fountain, they switch bodies and find out what that would be like.

This involves Mitch, in Dave's body, moving in with Dave's wife, Jamie (Leslie Mann), and Dave involved in Mitch's budding career as a porn actor. There is also a key role for Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), a legal aide at the law firm, who seduces Dave in the body of Mitch.

Never mind who does what and with which and to whom. The problem is that the movie requires us to accept this premise by making the characters aggressively stupid. Assume for the moment you are Jamie. Two men appearing to be your husband and his buddy Mitch claim their minds are in each other's bodies. They tell you to ask them something the other guy wouldn't know. She asks "Mitch" what "his" wedding anniversary is. Of course he doesn't remember. But asking some men for their wedding anniversary is almost a gotcha! question. For women, a wedding anniversary is as ingrained as New Year's Day. For men, it is more like Easter, and you can never remember what day it falls on this year.

A few more questions, and the testing ends. Mitch and Dave give up and reconcile themselves to their fates. Dave moves into Mitch's bachelor pad. Mitch moves into Dave's suburban home. Say what? If you found your mind in another body, wouldn't that be profoundly disturbing? Would it leave you capable of performing the duties in a movie comedy?

One problem with the movie is that it requires us to remind ourselves constantly which of these two pleasant-looking thirtysomethings is which. Another problem is that no matter which, they are both low and crude beings with no respect for decency, and their language is foul beyond the call of fictional necessity. The film, in fact, seems to go out of its way to be vulgar and offensive, as if "adult" audiences crave such an assault. Anyone who enjoys this film cannot fairly be considered an adult. Pity about the R rating. It will keep out those callow enough to enjoy it.

This scintillating portrayal of the body-switch classic is a definite essential for your DVD shelves. The typical yet creative storyline is decorated in stimulating humour by numerous Hollywood stars including Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal, Harold And Kumar Get The Munchies) and Jason Bateman (Juno, Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Director and producer David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Shanghai Knights) adapts the classic tale of, by some devise means, two people switch bodies with one another and are forced to live out in each other's shoes until a possible cure can be found. With opportunity at every corner, relationships at every risk-point and humour at every line; this film is 2011's exposition of the comedy it has to offer the audience this year.

Plot
Dave (Bateman) is an exhausted family man. Mitch (Reynolds) is a Lothario whose life is going nowhere. One night, while drunkenly peeing in a park fountain, they make a wish to switch lives. And hey presto...

Verdict
Despite the promise of the title, this a fairly stale offering, plodding through the beats of a well-worn subgenre but failing to add much more than a foul mouth.

5/10

Though the whole swap thing was done a million of times before -so no originality there- it was perfectly played by these good actors. Ryan Reynolds & Jason Bateman have proven to be the type of actors who can turn such a mediocre screenplay into something good. There was still something off about this movie, I can't put my finger on it. There were a few laughs here & there but a few nude scenes as well that were uncalled for. It was still fun to watch but I'd never watch it again. 6/10