Lifelong friends Dave and Mitch are envious of the other's life. Mitch thinks Dave has it all: a beautiful, loving family and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. But Dave thinks Mitch’s stress-free playboy life without obligation or consequence is the real dream come true. One fateful drunken night, they both admit that they wish they had the other’s life while peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes. The next morning, they wake up, hungover, in each other’s bodies! With time not on their side, Mitch and Dave comically struggle to avoid completely destroying each other’s lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back.
Directed by David Dobkin
jealousy
bachelor
fountain
sarcasm
wish
slacker
lawyer
co-workers relationship
twins
body-swap
envy
opposites
duringcreditsstinger
aspiring actor
family man
body switch
weed
job switch
best friends
lifelong friendship
living the dream
Rank
#191 in 2011·#8031 overall
Trailer
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Letterboxd
2.6 / 5
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Cast
Jason Bateman
Dave Lockwood
Ryan Reynolds
Mitch Planko
Leslie Mann
Jamie Lockwood
Olivia Wilde
Sabrina McArdle
Alan Arkin
Mitch's Dad
Gregory Itzin
Flemming Steel
Mircea Monroe
Tatiana
Sydney Rouviere
Cara Lockwood
Matthew Cornwell
Parks Foreman
Craig Bierko
Valtan
TJ Hassan
Kinkabe Lawyer
Ming Lo
Ken Kinkabe
Crew
David Dobkin
Director
Jon Lucas
Writer
Scott Moore
Writer
John Debney
Original Music Composer
Eric Alan Edwards
Director of Photography
David Dobkin
Producer
Neal H. Moritz
Producer
Jonathon Komack Martin
Executive Producer
George Drakoulias
Music Supervisor
Ashley Rae Riddick
Stunts
Tara Feldstein Bennett
Casting Associate
Jonathan Clay Harris
Casting Associate
Popular Reviews
766 reviews
Jürgen
1.0★ · 04/17/26
Might be the worst movie I’ve ever seen but at least we got a sons of anarchy reference
Might be the worst movie I’ve ever seen but at least we got a sons of anarchy reference
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matti
7.0★ · 08/10/24
how did I forget to log this
how did I forget to log this
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kaf
8.0★ · 05/23/26
enjoy ur fckin life bro
enjoy ur fckin life bro
Kato Rabijns
4.0★ · 05/09/26
***“Life doesn't always turn out exactly how you planned it. Sometimes, just sometimes, it turns out better.” *** So you’re telling me not one of the writer could come up with a better thing than pissing in a fountain????
***“Life doesn't always turn out exactly how you planned it. Sometimes, just sometimes, it turns out better.” *** So you’re telling me not one of the writer could come up with a better thing than pissing in a fountain????