Unless it's directed by Michael Bay low expectations are mostly surpassed. The Change-Up thankfully wasn't directed by Michael Bay and delivered a light-hearted bromance that rejigged the Freaky Friday formulae for older audiences.

It has little of The Hangover Part II's laziness nor of Wedding Crashers lack of laughs and instead settles for something between the two. It borrows heavily from other body-switch comedies, presenting little that hasn't been seen before; the same life-reflecting nostalgia has been built in, as has the character's new found appreciation to predictable success. There are also worrying lulls in the humour, actually at one moment I realised I hadn't had an excuse to laugh for about twenty minutes but still, those were my only issues.

Bateman and Reynolds are oddly suited as the hapless victims, while Leslie Mann actually gives a surprisingly poignant performance for a comedy. Poor Olivia Wilde was used, as she was in Tron: Legacy and Cowboys & Aliens, as nothing more than wasted eye-candy getting a minute amount of screen time. Still it has plenty of laughs, is refreshingly unannoying and isn't subtle about what to expect.