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The Exchange

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A socially awkward but highly enterprising teenager decides to acquire a "mail order best friend"; a sophisticated exchange student from France. Instead, he ends up importing his personal nightmare, a cologne-soaked, chain-smoking, sex-obsessed youth who quickly becomes the hero of his new community.

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Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) Jul 31, 2021
It's a very funny set-up and very well done. Go to Full Review
Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (LAist) Jul 31, 2021
It's like they resurrected the zombie of Better off Dead... It's a treat. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow RogerEbert.com Jul 30, 2021
3/4
A pleasant ride with some genuinely endearing moments. Go to Full Review
Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies Aug 13, 2021
3/5
It's a sweet reminder that your plans may not always turn out as expected, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Go to Full Review
Randall King Winnipeg Free Press Aug 9, 2021
The Exchange is a reliably funny piece, although I, as a one-time socially maladjusted young man with a snobby taste in cinema, might admit this film literally hit me where I lived. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jul 31, 2021
C-
A teen comedy in which the groans vie in number with the laughs...while [it] can be congratulated for not being mean-spirited or grossly crude, it doesn't manage to be very funny, either. Go to Full Review
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Dan Mazer

Director

Ed Oxenbould

Tim

Avan Jogia

Stéphane

Justin Hartley

Rothbauer

Jennifer Irwin

Sheila

Paul Braunstein

Glenn

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Movie Info

Synopsis A socially awkward but highly enterprising teenager decides to acquire a "mail order best friend"; a sophisticated exchange student from France. Instead, he ends up importing his personal nightmare, a cologne-soaked, chain-smoking, sex-obsessed youth who quickly becomes the hero of his new community.
Director
Dan Mazer
Producer
Dan Hine, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal
Screenwriter
Tim Long
Production Co
Los Angeles Media Fund, Who's on First Films, Elevation Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 30, 2021
Runtime
1h 33m
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