Dave Lockwood and his loving wife Jamie have three kids. Bachelor Mitch Planko is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are hanging out together, lightning ... Read allDave Lockwood and his loving wife Jamie have three kids. Bachelor Mitch Planko is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are hanging out together, lightning strikes and the two buddies switch bodies.Dave Lockwood and his loving wife Jamie have three kids. Bachelor Mitch Planko is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are hanging out together, lightning strikes and the two buddies switch bodies.
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- TriviaRyan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are long-time friends.
- GoofsAt the beginning when Mitch is talking with his father about the upcoming wedding, Mitch's hair changes colour, length, and style several times back and forth.
- Quotes
Mitch Planko: So I can't sleep with my wife, I can't sleep with other women. What the hell is that?
Dave: Marriage.
- Crazy creditsEnd credits has an additional scene of Wilde and Reynolds in bed together.
- Alternate versionsNot stated in the "More"-->"Alternate Versions" category, although alluded to in the FAQs and Runtime, there is an unrated version (issued on Blue-Ray) with additional footage.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.191 (2011)
- SoundtracksBrass Monkey
Written by Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin
Performed by Beastie Boys
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
It is refreshing to see Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds take on atypical roles. As the overachieving lawyer Dave with a stiff upper lip, Bateman steps into those loafers comfortably. Often type-casted as the jokester, he is now the model family man who works so hard till his wife, Jamie, feels neglected. On the other hand, Reynolds who mostly comes across as serious or amiable, gets to be the mildly offensive, profanity-spewing lothario, Mitch.
Dave and Mitch have diametrically-opposed characters and they play off each other very well. A hilarious encounter with a Roman statue by a fountain in the park, while they take a leak, allows them to magically swap bodies. Seeing them switch bodies to play opposite personalities and scramble (amusingly) to adapt to their new lives is central to the enjoyment of the movie. And through living each other's lives, they learn to improve themselves.
Dave enjoys independence and freedom from his stifling marriage, while in Mitch's body. At same time, getting jolted and turned off by Mitch's odd sexual partner, lewd profession and bizarre bedhopping antics. Meanwhile, Mitch gets to clean up his bawdiness and straighten up his waywardness while taking on the responsibilities of married life's daily grind, which includes changing the soiled diapers of two impish toddlers.
While the movie adopts the predictable narrative of flawed characters being transformed for the better, the journey is fun and occasionally goes ape. So check your brains at the cinema door and just go with the absurdism.
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- Si fueras yo
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- Budget
- $52,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,081,475
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,531,115
- Aug 7, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $75,450,437
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1