There’s a certain kind of movie that feels at least partly conceived so cast and crew could get paid for hanging out in some gorgeous vacation spots. The happiest result for such enterprises is tha…
play longtime besties on what should be a pleasure trip to Thailand, only the pleasure is severely undercut by one party’s self-pity over relationship woes.
Sneaking out of his suburban U.S. home at dawn, Brandon boards an airplane in a state of stunned torpor. At a Dubai connection point he meets up with professional photographer BFF Dan , who is ebullient at the prospect of several days’ partying in Thailand. It takes us a bit to figure out why his pal isn’t, and indeed why the two men are taking this trip: Brandon has just realized his wife is apparently having an affair.
Just past the half-hour point the protagonists move from awesome-looking Phuket resort The Slate to another location, en route meeting expat tour boat proprietor Ian, played by Green’s “Party Monster” costar. The latter is fun as a flamboyant character, but it’s at this juncture we realize that “Changeland” isn’t going to dig in on any level — it’s just going to drift along, sightseeing.
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