![]() In an especially obnoxious scene, Michael helplessly yells at a Mexican car mechanic that his car's bumper was not properly replaced. His anxiety pervades every interaction in the film, even a rare non-gay-related interaction. The monotony of Michael's selfish crisis is what sinks "Date and Switch". Their relationship is inevitably threatened by a contrived twist, but you never get the sense that Michael could feel as hurt as Matty. At the same time, while Michael's mind is blown by the spectrum of sexual preference, Matty dates Greg ( Zach Cregger), a quirky, sensitive, but rugged gay dude (they bond while watching Mexican wrestling!). Belvedere dad Terry ( Nick Offerman, of course) walks in on him.Īfter that, Michael panics even more when he finds out that Ava ( Sarah Hyland), an attractive girl, had sex with Matty. And we see Michael look up "gay" in Google Image Search right before his hipster Mr. We see Michael accompany Matty to his first gay bar ("How are you supposed to meet anyone?" "I think you dance until somebody's dick slips into you."). But because "Date and Switch"'s creators are targeting straight viewers, the film is mostly about Michael's gay panic. This wouldn't be so bad if most of "Date and Switch" were about Matty, the one going through major changes. Then Matty spoils Michael's fun, and reveals that he's gay. Or, to paraphrase Hall's character in " Weird Science": "Date and Switch" does not live, breathe, or aerobicize.īest pals since early (well, earlier) childhood, Matty and Michael make a pact: they will get laid at prom. It's like a feature-length sitcom: your assumptions won't be challenged, you won't laugh much, and you'll never be teased outside of your comfort zone. Many of the film's jokes fall flat, like when straight kid Michael (Daniel Braun) nervously nettles his just-out-of-the-closet friend Matty (Hunter Cope) by saying Matty "aspires to handle the scrotum of other men." "Date and Switch" similarly devolves into stuffy clichés when it needs to prove its sincerity. But a lack of on-screen charisma isn't what sinks "Date and Switch". ![]()
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