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Dave (Jason Bateman) is an uptight workaholic lawyer, husband, and father of triplets. Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) is his lazy, pot-smoking, womanizing best friend who lives a life of zero responsibility. After a drunken night of peeing into a fountain during a thunderstorm, they magically wake up in each other's bodies.

If you’ve seen Freaky Friday or Big , you know the blueprint for The Change Up . Director David Dobkin ( Wedding Crashers ) takes the classic body-swap formula, straps it to a rocket of R-rated filth, and hopes for the best. The result is a comedy that is wildly uneven—one minute it’s making you wince at diaper humor, the next it’s delivering a genuinely sincere line about adulthood. The Change Up

The Change Up isn't a classic. It lacks the smart wit of The Hangover or the charm of Freaky Friday . However, if you are a fan of the two leads, there is just enough chemistry and genuine laughter here to warrant a rental. Bateman and Reynolds are talented enough to sell the nonsense, turning a lazy, gross-out script into a surprisingly watchable Sunday afternoon flick. Dave (Jason Bateman) is an uptight workaholic lawyer,

Just maybe have the remote ready to fast-forward through the baby scenes. If you’ve seen Freaky Friday or Big ,

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