The Switch
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The Switch

"The most unexpected comedy ever conceived."

2010 1h 41m ★ 6.2 (2,007 votes) Released

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.

Director

Will Speck

Screenplay

Allan Loeb

Rating
6.2
Runtime
101 min
Budget
$19.0M
Revenue
$49.8M
Profit/Loss
+30.8M

Production

Mandate Pictures Mandate Pictures
Echo Films Echo Films
Miramax Miramax
Bona Fide Productions Bona Fide Productions

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Audience Reviews

K
Kamurai
★ 7/10 Jan 12, 2021

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.

Keywords

new york citypregnancyhypochondriaclittle boysingle motherbased on short storysperm donorartificial inseminationprecocious childneuroticwanting to have childrendrunkennessno memorysecretbest friendsmoving back home

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