The Exchange

2021

1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

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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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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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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robert p

This could have been a *5* star movie *but* it starts to drag a little towards the end of the movie, and then they have to beat a dead horse finishing up the movie visiting Stephane in his native country. But for those two error's I give this movie a *4* star rating!!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

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!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Brought back memories of growing up in the Midwest. Some very funny moments.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

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 :-)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Stephane was a phenomenal character 3.8. Nice as can be and even cooler

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/05/21

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Dan Mazer

Director

Ed Oxenbould

Tim

Avan Jogia

Stéphane

Justin Hartley

Rothbauer

Jennifer Irwin

Sheila

Paul Braunstein

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's a very funny set-up and very well done.

Jul 31, 2021

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's like they resurrected the zombie of Better off Dead... It's a treat.

Jul 31, 2021

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

A pleasant ride with some genuinely endearing moments.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 30, 2021

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

It's a sweet reminder that your plans may not always turn out as expected, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 13, 2021

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Randall King

Winnipeg Free Press

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.

Aug 9, 2021

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

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.

Rated: C-

Jul 31, 2021

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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
Executive Producer: Ash Atalla, Simon Horsman, Tim Sealey, Jeffrey Soros
Screenwriter: Tim Long
Production Co: Who's on First Films, Los Angeles Media Fund, Elevation Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2021

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