The psychological thriller gets a real modern twist, as a group of social-media-savvy college friends reunite at a lavish mansion for a wedding, and one of them - a tech pioneer - brings along a machine for a 'game' that enables them to swap bodies and to guess which person inhabits which body. Not only does jealousy, deception and using other friends' bodies for sex make for a delicious dramatic mix, but a game-changing moment creates a serious life-changing dilemma for the gang. Its rapid-fire dialogue and content demands attention in order to follow what is going on once the bodyswapping starts, and the initial shallowness of these vapidly-anonymous characters - exposed by the emptiness of their talk and lives - gives way to revealing their selfishness and self-centred needs. The playful musical soundtrack is fun, and the energetic cast sells the nonsense for all they are worth. The film might have benfitted from spending a bit more time with the characters before the bodyswapping starts, and the mid-section certainly is rather confusing, but it is nevertheless an interesting take on the body-swap conceit.
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