The Switch

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This is my new all-time favorite movie of this genre! I love Jason Bateman's character! His humor is intellectually pessimistic. Even though the plot is simple, the character chemistry is complex an...

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

By turns rowdy and rueful, The Switch is a comedy with serious ramifications, not least of which is the question, what makes a family? Read full review

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

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. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Squeezes fresh laughs out of what is, in essence, a rather startlingly post-Freudian, nature-trumps-nurture view of child development. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

Despite a virtually unplayable premise, The Switch overcomes this handicap to turn itself into a friendly, offbeat romantic comedy. Read full review

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Jason Bateman as Wally and Jennifer Aniston as Kassie in "The Switch."