![]() Cold Fish, a horror/black comedy about a seafood vending-couple who are also brutal serial killers, is at 71 percent.Bellflower, an indie action flick about a pair of weapon-manufacturing friends preparing for the Apocalypse, is at 89 percent.(Check out this week’s Total Recall, in which we run down some of cinema’s most memorable body swaps.) Also opening this week in limited release: ![]() At first, they each enjoy a change of scenery, but isn’t the grass always greener on the other side? The pundits say that although Reynolds and Bateman each do a good job of playing the other, they’re stuck in a sophomoric comedy that veers between gross-out gags and schmaltz. Two old friends - one a married, overworked lawyer (Jason Bateman), the other a single softcore actor - relieve themselves in a magic fountain and find that they have switched bodies. However, some things should be left dormant, and critics say the subgenre that sired 18 Again and Dream a Little Dream is one of them - they find The Change-Up to be an oddly sour, gimmicky comedy that never establishes a consistent tone. That staple of late-1980s cinema - the body switching comedy - is back full force with The Change-Up.
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