Although they both switch bodies, the first red bad trailer for Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin‘s The Change-Up is mostly relying on Jason Bateman playing a naughty Ryan Reynolds. I’ve seen the film and can briefly say it is very funny, and the aspect Universal is selling is the best element. We’ve had a great summer of R-rated comedies, and this is another to add to the success pile. Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin also star in the film written by The Hangover‘s Jon Lucas & Scott Moore. Check it out below via Break.
Synopsis:
Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star in The Change-Up, from director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), writers Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (The Hangover) and producer Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious, Click). The R-rated comedy takes the traditional body-switching movie, ties it up tightly and throws it off a cliff.
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.
The Change-Up hits theaters August 5th, 2011.
What do you think of the latest trailer?