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
Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Gregory Itzin, Mircea Monroe, Sydney Rouviere
When and where to watch in the United Arab Emirates
TMDB lists no release dates for the United Arab Emirates yet. The first cinema release anywhere was on 5 August 2011 in Canada and the United States.
JustWatch lists it streaming with a subscription on Netflix.
JustWatch lists it to rent or buy on Apple TV Store.
From TMDB release dates and JustWatch offers, as listed on 17 October 2026. Both change often; a missing date or offer means none is listed yet.
Release dates in the United Arab Emirates
In cinemas
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Digital release
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Physical release
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First cinema release anywhere
5 August 2011 (Canada and the United States)
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Netflix (subscription): no longer listed, by our checks of Friday 16 October
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