The Switch (2010)

United States of America

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Mandate Pictures, Bona Fide Productions, Echo Films, Miramax

Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Thomas Robinson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis

Josh Gordon, Will Speck

Allan Loeb

Taglines: The most unexpected comedy ever conceived.

new york city, pregnancy, hypochondriac, little boy, single mother, based on short story, sperm donor, artificial insemination, precocious child, neurotic, wanting to have children, drunkenness, no memory, secret, best friends, moving back home

Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. While the movie has the appropriate seriousness for a family reconnection, it is rather filled with humor, be it some is situational and goes quite a length to deliver a joke. It makes for a better drama than a comedy, but that sort of thing is bound to happen when the movie rides the line. I'm not a fan of Jennifer Aniston, but the role feels more whiner-baby than her usual fair. I am a fan of Jason Bateman, and I think he nails when to be funny, absurd, neurotic, or serious. For a movie about swapping sperm samples, it really is a powerful story. That family reconnection trope is excellent even without the absurdity of the premise.