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"Go Get 'Em Lantern!" This Profanity-Fueled Change-Up Promo is Almost Guaranteed to Be Better than the Film

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (19)

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That headline is not a slight against The Change-Up, which I haven’t seen yet, as much as it’s a compliment on how terrific this promo is. If the same people who wrote this promo wrote The Change-Up, then it’s very possible we could be looking at the funniest movie since Bridesmaids.

More likely, however, is that this is Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman riffing, mocking the premise of their film, (“Body switching is a pretty stupid idea”), and hurling an insane amount of obscenities (“It’s wall-to-wall dick jokes.”) Honestly, screw the movie: Just put these two guys in a room for 90 minutes with white suits and a couple of stools. I’d sooner pay to see that movie (which is not to say I won’t be paying to see The Change-Up. Stupid premise or not, it’s Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds, plus like 72 percent of the known world, I have a guilty fondness for body-switching movies that I’d never confess to anyone in public. Or on a website. And that’s absolutely not what I’m doing here. And no, I’ve never seen Vice Versa. Four times. )











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Comments

I'm seeing the movie based on this promo alone. I was hoping there would be something redeeming other than Leslie Mann in another bodily function gag, because holy hell, were they promoting the shit out of that.

"Don't hurt him, Lantern!"

Posted by: duckandcover at August 3, 2011 12:25 AM

That was like geek girl porn right there. Too bad mr.wsapnin is out of town.

Posted by: wsapnin at August 3, 2011 12:56 AM

I had an awful day. That made things a million and one times better. Amazing.

Posted by: beckster at August 3, 2011 1:05 AM

I have completely heterosexual crushes on both Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. I cannot wait to see this.

Posted by: aroorda at August 3, 2011 1:18 AM

I've barely seen a tv show or movie in six months, but I think I'll see this.

Yes. I will.

Posted by: replica at August 3, 2011 2:26 AM

Damn, Ry Rey looks ORANGE.

Posted by: Scoithniamh at August 3, 2011 3:28 AM

Loved the promo, but of course as Dustin says that doesn't mean the film will be that funny.

I have a question about body-switch movies. Has there ever been one where a married woman switches bodies with her daughter, and the issue of who dad sleeps with arises?

Posted by: Pat C. at August 3, 2011 3:36 AM

@PatC

Freaky Friday could have gone there, but I think the mom was divorced on that one. Still, seeing how Lohan's career is going we might get a "Freaky, Freaky Friday" yet.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at August 3, 2011 7:48 AM

I'm for starting a write-in campaign to get the "Freaky, Freaky Friday" movie into production. There's no escaping her mug whenever I get online, might as well be watching her skankiness in a sexploitation vehicle.

Posted by: GMan at August 3, 2011 8:00 AM

"I'm Green Lantern, and I approve of this promo."

Posted by: Green Lantern at August 3, 2011 9:24 AM

I saw the sneak preview last week and it was a lot better than I expected. I actually laughed a few times. I would pay to see it again. Much better than most body-switch movies, and Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are fantastic.

Posted by: KateR at August 3, 2011 9:49 AM

Damn, Ry Rey looks ORANGE.

Scoithniamh - I, too, was struck by how overly tan they both looked. I think that was part of the point especially with the glowing white outfits.

Posted by: tamatha at August 3, 2011 10:49 AM

Don't hurt him, Lantern!

I love you, Jason Bateman

Posted by: ChristianH at August 3, 2011 11:47 AM

I'm going to find a way to work "The cumin WILL give you gas though." into polite dinner conversation from now on.

Posted by: Bruce at August 3, 2011 12:41 PM

Spoiler alert: That promo is, indeed, better than the film.

Posted by: Dan at August 3, 2011 1:00 PM

"Hey Grandma, bring your bridge friends..."

"and just a bucket of soft food."

THIS is how you freakin' promote a movie.

Posted by: JustBill at August 3, 2011 1:48 PM

RyRey DOES look fucking orange yo.
And was he wearing light pink gloss? He had a guidoian vibe.

Also, yeah, I'd pay to see these guys talk for ninety minutes. Totally. Laughed all the way through that. Ry-Guy, what the fucking hell? Adorable pair of bastards.

Posted by: Nadine at August 3, 2011 5:04 PM

Had to wait until I got home, but DAMN that promo was funny.

I enjoy the phrase "get our beaks wet".

Posted by: MM at August 4, 2011 2:39 AM

Jason Bateman should just play himself in everything. Don't give him lines, just put him in front of the camera and have him talk.

Posted by: AngelArm45 at August 4, 2011 7:51 PM