![]() ![]() ![]() 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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