Anyway, The Switch is about a 40-year old woman named Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) who decides to have a baby by sperm donor. Her best friend, Wally (Jason Bateman) accidentally 'hijacks' the pregnancy while drunk, but doesn't remember. Cue baby - well, really a kid by now.
Funniest part of the movie: both Wally and the kid have foodgasms...and say 'Om Nom Nom' SERIOUSLY. And whoever did hair and makeup for this movie, I love. Their hair kinda stuck out everywhere...soo cuuute.
The kid actor was cute sometimes, but really overdid his part. Yes, he's supposed to be a genius, and picked on, and neurotic-ish...but stop sighing with every little thing you say!! Ergg...by the end of the movie I really didn't want the kid to say anything - at all.
But...he also had the best line of the movie: In response to flipping the channels insanely fast (which almost every kid does, and probably drives their parents nuts)...'I'm watching them all at once.'
Bateman makes a good Wally. He can pull off the neuroses, while still making them sort of cute and funny, in a I want to pat your head and make it all better kind of way, rather than OMG RUN RUNNNNN!! And his pout? Adorable. But his chemistry with Aniston - zilch. Don't get me wrong, she makes a good typical rom-com female lead...just not for this movie.
pic from Ramascreen.com
Love, love, LOVE Jeff Goldblum as Leonard in this movie. A perfect foil to Wally's frenzied pacing, and dramatic waving, he brought a bit of droll, dry humor, which goes a long way in a semi-serious scene.
The director/cinematographer/editor - fine...the filmmakers were smart, and the end results were beautiful. For example, in the actual switching scene, they cleverly used the frosted glass (of the shower) to hide and fade away from 'the deed.' Also, when Wally visits Leonard (his co-worker friend...and perhaps other best friend?) I love the shot of being able to see him coming down the stairs...from outside. Of course, this may be compounded with having fond memories of doing the same thing with my friend (waving to them from outside I mean >.>)
The only footage that really bothered me was the rain scene (again, LOL) where Wally is walking through the rain and getting soaked. The skies were so nicely blue, the rain so high-def, Bateman's skin sooo detailed. It just didn't fit the mood.
Overall, I quite liked it, but I think that's more because I was in the mood for a laid-back rom-com where I wasn't required to think. Plus I actually cried a little (but I do at a lot of movies), which means it was acted well enough for me to feel some sort of connection. Worth going to the movie theater and paying for...probably not. So I'd give it a B-/C+
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