Communication In The Movie: The Change-Up

The Change-Up is a comedy that came out in 2011 starring Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. In the movie, Jason Bateman’s character (Dave) is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three. His best friend, Mitch (played by Ryan Reynolds), is a quasi-employed, single man who lacks any sense of responsibility. One evening, the two men go out for a night at the bar and while urinating in a nearby fountain, say that they wish they had each other’s lives. Suddenly, the next morning, they wake up and realize that they have switched lives. The remainder of the movie follows the two men as they live each other’s lives and realize what they truly want in their own life. There are many types of love. In Robert Sternberg’s theory, love has three dimensions that include passion, intimacy and commitment. In the beginning of the

There are many types of communication including verbal as well as non-verbal. Non-verbal communication is commonly shown through facial expressions and body language. Leslie Mann, who plays Jamie, is very talented at expressing emotions on her face, as it is clear throughout the movie when she is angry or upset with her husband, or at least the man she thinks is her husband. Body language is another form of non-verbal communication and the most significant demonstration of this occurs when Mitch is in bed with Jamie one night while living life as Dave. As Jamie prepares for bed, she removes her clothing and Mitch begins to think he is going to have sex with her. Instead of coming to bed and having sex, however, Jamie uses the restroom and tells her husband that they should “lay off the Thai food.” This disgusts Mitch and when Jamie returns to bed a few minutes later, he turns away from her to express that he is not attracted to her and does not want any kind of physical intimacy with