TOP 10 things we like about The Change Up

Thanks again to Solar Entertainment Corp. and Sir Romz for another awesome movie screening that features two of the best actors in the worst situation ever. Worst situations that lead to something fruitful and positive realization called – The Change-Up.

PLOT: Growing up together, Mitch (Reynolds) and Dave (Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch’s stress free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true.

Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak the &*#@ out. Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

Here are our TOP 10 things we like about the movie and most of it are awkward situations.

1. Switching is not awesome but once you get a hang of it..its beneficial, You can learn how to roller blades and have the time for yourself. You even get to know what others say about you and work on that.

2. Cuddly twin babies with attitude. One who knock’s his head non-stop and one who cries a lot. They love kitchen knives and eats electric wiring!

3. Lorno? Its called Light Porno! LOL the most awkward situation ever!

4. Shaving the shrubs makes you sexy and letting your best friend do it for you is another awkward situation but can get you the HOT CHIC.

5. Happiness means Contentment!

6. A Law-firm intern that is as hot as Megan Fox. If you’re lucky you’ll get to see her have some intimate moments with Ryan Reynolds and that is KABOOM! Beyond HOT! That’s Olivia Wilde who likes a trip of getting a tattoo at 3AM and have some goatee guys watch over her private parts.

Olivia Wilde as a secretary who works for Bateman who starts taking a liking to him in Reynolds body. Wilde is a talented actress who exudes sexual appeal so her appearance here is understanding in order to seduce Reynolds as an eligible bachelor. Her character likes baseball, tattoos, and drinking as a way to seem like the perfect catch, but she’s subjected to nudity (which is CGI enhanced by the way) that demeans her of any true quality traits. - http://wegotthiscovered.com

7. Its not a wishing well but a drunk’s wishing fountain that switched these two men’s lives to a cause. It took them a week to find this lady fountain inside a mall.

8. Poop in the mouth! Its the yuckiest poop ever that came out of a baby’s cheeky butt but its a funny way to start a movie

9. No matter how lousy he is or drugged up.. he is freakin’ sexy!

10. Violence solves many things. No no Don’t teach your kids that but we don’t say NO to bullies!

Watch the trailer below and go watch it at cinemas today! 

“The Change-Up” is released and distributed by United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment. Corp

Jason Bateman tells us “The Change-Up is shocking and different”

In The Change-Up Jason Bateman sheds his nice guy image which sees his family man swap bodies with Ryan Reynolds’s ‘s brash womaniser. The Change-Up’s crude humour gives way to a soft heart as Bateman’s Dave reconnects with his long-suffering wife and Reynolds’s Mitch falls for legal assistant Sabrina (Olivia Wilde). Bateman can currently be seen co-starring as Nick in the Warner Bros. ensemble comedy Horrible Bosses, alongside Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis.

What did you think of the script when you first read it?

I was laughing all the way through it. The second I put it down, I emailed the head of the studio and introduced myself.

What appealed to you about THE CHANGE-UP?

I liked that I could play the character making all the noise and being an idiot, instead of being the smart guy that is sort of reacting to the idiot. I actually get to play both roles in this film, which is an actor’s dream.

Would your parenting style be closer to Dave’s or to Mitch’s then?

It’s a good combination of each. I guess I just kind of figure it out as I go along.

What were the babies like to work with?

Yes, we got lucky with them. There is no way to know how they were going to react when they were around a big crew. Obviously, you wouldn’t be able to negotiate much with them if they didn’t want to work. We were lucky that they did want to work most days. Their parents were very cooperative and tolerant with some of the things we wanted them to do.

We tend to think the grass is always greener on the other side, but this film proves that it’s not always true.

Yes, and hopefully you don’t need to switch into someone else’s body to realize how good you’ve got it. One of the things that makes this movie so relatable is that everybody sort of fantasizes about the grass being greener on the other side and changing into someone else, which is something you obviously can’t do. THE CHANGE-UP takes you there and spits you out the other side without any damage.

What was it like to work with each other?

We knew each other a little bit, enough to really want to work together. I think we had good rhythm and it made for a lot of fun on the set. The truth is that when you work with someone in a movie you learn a great deal.

Was it difficult to keep a straight face at times during the shoot then?

I would just drive my fingernail into my hand. So, I had to make sure I started the scene with my hands in my pockets. Other times, it was just great to let it go. Laughter is too rare these days.

Did you get to improvise?

And the writers encouraged us because they were involved in the rehearsal process. They were there with their laptops as we would start to make up different stuff and say, “Yeah, it’s better for you to say it like that!” In the end you forget what was yours and what was originally in the script.

But as you both play Mitch and Dave, whom do you think you are closer to?

And I am maybe a little bit more like an idiot than people may think. There are probably equal parts from both of us in each character.

Do you ever fantasize about living someone else’s life?

Don’t forget that we get to pretend being other people by definition as actors.

What makes good comedy?

For me it’s all about the execution.

THE CHANGE-UP is much more than a comedy about body-switching.

I think it’s important to do something multi-dimensional because you are asking the audience to sit there for an hour and a half. It’s not sketch comedy. You have to develop characters and a plot line, which takes you to heart and emotion.

What is director David Dobkin like?

I see THE CHANGE-UP as a tri-pod with these two guys that Ryan and I play, and then the director, trying to navigate the tone of a movie that has a concept people are familiar with and like to go back to. You need someone that has a very current and savvy sense of humor to be able to know how to keep that fresh on a day-to-day basis. David was invaluable for us.

What can you say about Leslie Mann and Olivia Wilde?

They are both intelligent, beautiful and have a good sense of both comedy and drama. And they are very flexible at making those gear changes. They were great partners in this and certainly don’t take a back seat to the importance of Ryan’s character or mine.

You both seem very comfortable in the genre.

It’s funny because I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy started off first. Maybe I’ll get to do more dramatic roles further ahead in my career.

Are you surprised sometimes by what ends up getting the best laughs on the screen?

It’s interesting to see what people react to, which is often a result of the later stages of making a film. Once the editing and music come in, and the scenes have being processed through the audience, they are in a different mood than you anticipated being in, so different stuff will click. They say a movie is made three times. First when it’s written, then when it’s shot and finally when it’s edited. You never really know, so you just try to throw as many things against the wall as possible and see what sticks.

Were there any jokes that went too far and didn’t make it in the end?

We put everything in the film that we wanted to. At the end of the day, it’s the writers who created it. Our job was to try to execute it as cleverly or tastefully as possible.

Your characters in THE CHANGE-UP make a wish that is granted while pissing in a fountain. What wish would you make?

I am happy with where I am right now and would probably hesitate to change anything.

“The Change-Up” is released and distributed by
United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment. Corp.

The Change Up body switches this September 28 at Cinemas nationwide.

I first saw the trailer of this movie when Solar Entertainment Corp. invited me (thru Jeman of Orange Magazine TV) for the screening of “Bridesmaids”. It was hilarious and to see Ryan Reynolds without the Green Lantern suit is a bit bothersome but he looks a bit hot this time. The movie is similar to Freaky Friday were there’s a switch between character but this one is not for the kids though.

Read the synopsis and watch the trailer below.

Synopsis: Growing up together, Mitch ( Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch’s stress-free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true.

Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak the &*#@ out.

Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave’s sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) and Mitch’s estranged father (Alan Arkin). With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.

“The Change-Up” is released and distributed by United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment Corp.