Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jason Bateman | ... | Wally Mars | |
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Victor Pagan | ... | Knit Hat Guy |
Jennifer Aniston | ... | Kassie Larson | |
Jeff Goldblum | ... | Leonard | |
Juliette Lewis | ... | Debbie | |
Todd Louiso | ... | Artie | |
Scott Elrod | ... | Declan | |
Patrick Wilson | ... | Roland | |
Rebecca Naomi Jones | ... | Party Guest | |
Kelli Barrett | ... | Roland's Wife Jessica | |
Jeremy Mohler | ... | Party Guest 2 (as Jeremy J. Mohler) | |
Will Swenson | ... | Actor on Stage | |
Edward James Hyland | ... | Man in Theater | |
Caroline Dhavernas | ... | Pauline | |
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Brian Podnos | ... | Waiter |
Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) and Wally (Jason Bateman) are best friends. Being unlucky in love, Kassie has decided to have a child using artificial insemination. Wally doesn't like this idea, but he isn't capable of admitting to himself, let alone to Kassie, that he's in love with her. At Kassie's artificial insemination party, Wally gets very drunk and spies the sperm donor's sample in the bathroom. Wally was way too drunk to know what he did that night, and Kassie has moved away because she doesn't feel that New York City is a place to raise a child. Now 7 years later, Kassie has moved back with her son Sebastian. While she is looking to get Roland (the sperm donor) more involved in their lives, Wally can't help but notice the many striking similarities that he and Sebastian share. Written by napierslogs
"The Switch" is like a romantic comedy, except better because it gives you everything you want: romance and comedy with a story and characters. They buck the trend to make the romantic elements absurd and instead shower us with comedy and very little sap.
Jennifer Aniston is just a cute girl that the audience can accept as a character, but Jason Bateman is everything you want in a leading man. Very good looking but not in a typical way, plays up neurotic with aplomb, and is hilarious all the way through. We easily fall in love with him from beginning to end.
"The Switch" actually gives us a story, one where our hero has to evolve and mature as he realizes and understands the value that Aniston and her son bring to his life. Again, Jason Bateman is the kind of man that we have been waiting for in romantic comedies, because he actually has the talent to portray all of that, and do it with comedy. A romantic comedy that is cute, funny, romantic, mature and where you actually welcome the story line - what more could you ask for?