With great stars and a terrific story ala Nicholas Cage's "Family Man" this should have been a mega hit, but Hollywood took a hard left turn in 2008 at the direct urging of Obama, who told them "we want to make traditional Americans very uncomfortable with all of their beliefs." At least that is what a Hollywood insider told me. The strategy is right out the Alinsky playbook to take down the middle class. Tear down all of their values to make them believe the country is no longer theirs so they give up. That is why we have the F bomb in every sentence virtually through the entire film even in front of the small children in the family. From there it just gets uglier. The strategy is the more we throw F bombs, lurid sex scenes, rap music, minorities smarter and superior in values and telling everyone what to do, the more we take the country to the hard left, and dispirit middle America. This could have been such a funny film because there are some great jokes but the F bombs are so gratuitous they become grating and distracting very early on. Then there are so many disgusting lines which are thrown in for shock value that what we have in the end is a box office bomb. Do you wonder why the worldwide BO was so much better? Because they do not translate the language the same so that the words carry the same crudeness and offensiveness. Foreign countries only get the jokes in a sanitized family friendly way, so audiences in other countries mostly loved it.

I watched this yesterday and it brought up something in me that caused me to create an account and write a review about how much I hated it. It's very macho male humor driven with weak female characters. For example, Jason Bateman's character wants to have sex with strangers because his marriage is in a rut. He gets an opportunity to have sex with a nymphomaniac type lady during the switch, but wouldn't because she was pregnant ::drum cymbals:: However, he gets redemption by having a brief emotional affair with his hot assistant. In a twist of fate, when he sees the assistant's boobies, he becomes enlightened like "It's a Wonderful Life" style. What great news for the wife!

'The Change-Up' isn't entirely hilarious or tightly paced, but for the most part, its fun nonetheless! 'The Change-Up' Synopsis: Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain, lightning strikes and they switch bodies.'The Change-Up' works because its Leads, Ryan Reynolds & Jason Bateman, deliver excellent against-type performances. Both of the talented actors lead 'The Change-Up' & add energy & wit to the goings-on, almost managing to distract us from the film's shaky pace & not-all-out-hilarious Writing Material. Bateman, especially, is a riot, enacting his part with absolute flourish.Also mention-worthy are its supporting players. Leslie Mann is exceptional as Bateman's wife. Her sequences are quite memorable, thanks to her impressive act. Olivia Wilde as Bateman's irresistible assistant, is extremely hot & also competent. Alan Arkin as Reynolds's father, is a treasure in a cameo. Director David Dobkin has hit most of the right notes with 'The Change-Up'. Its flawed, but never dull, either. Watchable for sure!

The Change Up is a body swapping comedy about two men,one whom is a loving dotting father named Dave(played by Jason Bateman) who is fed up with his life as his wife (played by Leslie Mann from George of the jungle)is always whining and always has Dave minding the twins,while the other is a porn actor called Mitch(played by Ryan Reynolds)who enjoys getting it on with women. But their lives will change forever when they leak into a fountain one night and wish to swap each other's lives,leading them to swap places. Now Mitch is Dave,and Dave is Mitch and they have to try and find the fountain in order to go back to their normal lives. But can they really pull off as each other.Overall this film is hilarious. The comedy is rude and hilarious and im not really a fan of rude comedies except for Dumb & Dumber as that is my favourite comedy of all time but this one was really(and I mean) REALLY RUDE and disgusting.If you are a fan of Reynolds and sex comedies with A lot of nudity then check it out. Keep your ears open for the Chuck music theme(starring Zachary Levi) in this film near the middle half of the film.Overall its a 5 out of 10 for the film and the comedy gets a 6 out of ten. 5.6 out of 10.