The Exchange

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

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!!!!

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!

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

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 :-)

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

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.

Funny and entertaining! Not just your average comedy teen movies.

The Exchange puts a smile on your face, even though its morals sometimes get the best of the story and puts it into a predictable setting. Still the most fun Canadian film i´ve seen this year.

Well that was unexpected! 90 mins absolutely flew by. So funny. Loved the 80s nostalgia and the boys are so cute together!