Jennifer Aniston stars in 'The Switch': movie review
Aside from the fact that it鈥檚 all too entirely predictable, 鈥�The Switch鈥� is a pleasant enough end-of-the-summer time killer.
Jennifer Aniston plays singleton Kassie, who wants a baby and, with the clock ticking and no Mr. Right in sight, is on the prowl for a suitable sperm donor.
Jason Bateman plays her best friend, Wally, a financial analyst and head case who is also, of course, secretly in love with her. Through a mix-up so wildly implausible that it almost makes sense, Wally, unbeknownst to Kassie, ends up as 鈥渢he seed man.鈥�
Adapted by screenwriter Alan Loeb from the short story 鈥淭he Baster鈥� by Jeffrey Eugenides and directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, 鈥淭he Switch鈥� is best remembered for Bateman鈥檚 wry geniality and a marvelous cameo from Jeff Goldblum as Wally鈥檚 business partner. Goldblum鈥檚 patter-style delivery turns conventional dialogue into jazz riffs.
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