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- 2010
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 41 m
- 2010
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 41 m
Summary An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Directed By: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Written By: Jeffrey Eugenides, Allan Loeb
- 2010
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 41 m
- 2010
- PG-13
- Miramax
- 1 h 41 m
The Switch
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Summary An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Directed By: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Written By: Jeffrey Eugenides, Allan Loeb
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
52
43% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
57% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
0% Negative
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This picture belongs to Jason Bateman, who, after years of playing the second or third banana (and plenty of times being the best thing in a given film), finally gets to show off his considerable gifts as the co-lead in a mainstream comedy.
Aniston and Bateman keep things both light and dark when they should, and Robinson's Sebastian steals everyone's heart.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 87 User Ratings
6.1
44% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
45% Mixed
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11% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 87 User Ratings
6.1
44% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
45% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
11% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Like with many movies you have to accept the initial premise. Once you do will find there's a surprisingly touching side to this movie that I never saw coming. Probably Jennifer Aniston's best movie as she is not the lead character. And every word by Goldblum is brilliance.
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You have to overlook a whole lot of guff in order to enjoy the slight but pleasurable entertainment of The Switch.
Taken on its own terms, it's a light, sweet, curiously enjoyable misfit romance, whose real star is not Aniston but her magnificently awkward Lothario, Jason Bateman.
This is a romantic comedy, not a sci-fi adventure tale. But the actions, choices and general behavior of the characters are oddly removed from what goes in the real world.
An unfunny, manipulative romance about two unlikable people and their prop of a son, the pic mangles the premise of its source material ("Baster," a 1996 short story by Pulitzer-winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides) in ways that ought to baffle viewers of all sociopolitical stripes.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Mandate Pictures,
Bona Fide Productions,
Echo Films
Release Date Aug 20, 2010
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The most unexpected comedy ever conceived.
Awards
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Nomination
