Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
A single guy, played by Ryan Reynolds, and a married guy with three kids, played by Jason Bateman, switch places because…… comedy.
The only word I can find to describe this film is lame. The comedy is lame, the plot is lame, the ending is lame. The whole film is just disappointing and weak. There might have been some comedy to the premise, I doubt it but maybe, however even if there was this film does nothing with and just pumps out deeply unfunny joke after deeply unfunny joke, with some cliches and stereotypes mixed in for good measure.
To some Reynold’s reached the apex of his career with Deadpool, others saw it as the beginning of his decline. However, this film shows how the former is more apt, this is a Reynolds firmly in his trash period where he is just trying to get noticed and hit it big. His charm is mostly wasted here and his character is just presented as the stereotypical guy who has a lot of sex but is actually deeper than that, yawn.
Bateman is like wisely by the numbers and this film feels very much like a pay check role for him.
Overall, films like this need to go away, comedy films deserve to be more than just the trotting out of stereotypes and the same lame jokes.
Pros.
Reynolds still has charm
Cons.
Reynolds is wasted
Bateman is by the numbers
The jokes don’t land
The over-reliance on stereotypes
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