The Exchange

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john s @hipCRANK 09/08/2022 LE FROMAGE Small town drab Ontario, mid-eighties, The Smiths poster on the bedroom wall, and a soft spot for France's New Wave cinema. Classic class nerd. Four-eyed and heartbreakingly awkward, Tim (Ed Oxenbould) finds a glimmer of hope to his sad sack existence with foreign exchange student Stephane (Avan Jogia). But instead of bileting a dissonant, trench-coated, intellectual poet, his mail ordered bride is a chain-smoking, acid washed greaseball, more interested in bedding the graduating class than discussing great cinema. Add bumbling parents, a ridiculously mustachioed gym teacher, an obvious love interest to the mix, and everything's in place for a feel good teen RomCom. Jogia is wonderful as the strutting fish out of water, obliviously embarrassing his local chaperone to no end. Yet the cookie cutter plot holds few surprises, as it methodically moves from initial, flirtatious fun, to some oil slicked drama mid-film, before bringing everyone and everything together in a tidy full circle. There's life in the characters, the film has some good laughs, but several interesting ideas are left dangling, and it lacks a knockout punch. The "Exchange" is certainly not without charm, but in the end, a tad underwhelming. - hipCRANK See more 03/19/2022 Loved it! Set in an Ontario town with incredible casting and acting by the entire cast. Very clever and witty writing with a 90's heartfelt teen movie vibe. Hits the mark! See more 10/25/2021 Brought back memories of growing up in the Midwest. Some very funny moments. See more 10/08/2021 If you like slightly quirky movies with that awkward indie humour you'll love this. Brilliant film and I laughed throughout. Great script clearly based on real events as there's so much relatable humour if you've ever had an exchange student :-) See more 09/05/2021 Stephane was a phenomenal character 3.8. Nice as can be and even cooler See more 08/30/2021 the exchange (D-) Felt some genuine moments by the actors in this movie.. Made me physically cringe like I was watching highschool play out again... But it also was kinda choppy and had some very weird scenes and story choices. I liked the spots where there was some lessons being learned but that only took up a small portion of the movie. Most of the movie was your typical fish out of water humor and some weird interactions among the characters. Just an odd ball movie that I couldn't get into totally. See more Read all reviews

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