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 when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is probably my favorite body swap trope movie. Its Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman for crying out loud. If youve ever liked anything theyve ever done (aside from Green Lantern) then youll probably like this. Seeing them do impressions of each other is a bonus. As far as body swapping goes, I think this is the only non-parent child, non-male female swap that Ive seen, which is probably what makes it a lot of fun theres no socio-political debate sitting in the background on single vs married, but all the fun of now I have to deal with THIS. Maybe there are some issues of how redeemable the characters are in their flaw sets, but its built into the premise. With Leslie Mann and Olivia Wilde backing up the leads, everyone gives a stellar performance. The production value is clearly there, though I think most of it went into locations and cast budgets this isnt an action-car-chase movie, its a body swap dirt humor rom com. The writing does skew dirty in the humor, but if you have an open mind, then the humor ends up being in the surprise of dealing with each others lives unprepared. Despite the juvenile basis of guys trying to do whatever they want, the movie is surprisingly touching and about togetherness.
