When this movie first came out a couple of months ago, I remember reading Ebert's review of it, and he didn't have many nice things to say. So I watched it without any expectations. After the first few minutes with a poopy baby scene I knew what Ebert was talking about when he called the movie "vulgar" and "offensive". But I pressed on, and the movie wasn't THAT bad. Hard to believe? Sure. Stupid? Of course. But it has it's funny moments, Bateman and Reynolds are fun to watch (not to mention Leslie Mann and Olivia Wilde), and every one learns the lessons that they need to.
The opening paragraph of Ebert's review reads: "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.Now that is pretty harsh. I agree with the part about the title, but the rest is a little mean, maybe Rog was having a bad day. This movie isn't super fantastic, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was nominated for a Razzie, but it fills the stupid comedy hole that you sometimes get.
How DARE Roger Ebert say such mean things about a Ryan Reynolds film... And as they say, no press is bad press, because now I want to see it more than ever.
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