The Switch Trailer

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As romantic comedies go, The Switch (formerly, The Baster) looks better than most, and that’s in spite of Jennifer Aniston, who stars as a 40-something year old unmarried woman who decides to turn to a turkey baster to conceive a child. The good news, here, is that the rest of the cast — Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Juliette Lewis, and Jeff Goldblum — are great. In the movie, which is based on a Jeffrey Eugenides short story, a neurotic Bateman secretly switches out the intended sperm donor’s seed for that of his own, and seven years later, the child’s behavior makes the switch hard to deny.

Josh Gordon and Will Speck (Blades of Glory, sadly) directed. And the movie could really go one of two ways: crappy romantic comedy cliches where all the funny bits are in the trailer, or (fingers crossed) a more decent one where all the funny bits are too R-rated to put in the trailer.

Actually, it looks like the movie is rated PG-13. So, I guess we can all just go ahead and give up hope. Still, Bateman and Goldblum? How bad can it be?

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So, why do I have to pay to see this shit when I can just watch the trailer and know EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO FUCKING HAPPEN? HUH? NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU SHITTY MOVIE! YOU MADE ME GO ALL KANYE. GODDAMMIT!

Posted by: Pinky McGinaFace at March 18, 2010 12:09 PM

The un-crazy pills are in the green bottle :)

Bateman and the kid look cute, but it's still Jen Aniston.

Posted by: D-Day at March 18, 2010 12:23 PM

Um...yeah, I will totally watch that. It looks cute. Also, Jeff Goldblum. I love him. He is not in enough stuff. Doesn't he have the best voice? I'm sold.

Posted by: Carrie at March 18, 2010 12:26 PM

First off, who the hell leaves the sperm on the damned sink? It's got a pretty short shelf life, unless my biology teacher was lying to see how many undergrads he could trick into early pregnancies - and trust me, that man did not want his students to breed. Second, despite what you think of her as an actress, how hard is it for someone who looks like Jennifer Aniston to find a guy willing to have sex with her? I mean, if buff shmoe is going to actually BE a baby daddy, then why not keep him around for the whole nappie changing, puking, up all night experience? At least then, bitch could get some sleep once in awhile. Then again, all she'd have to do is watch her own movies, and she'd be out like a light.

Posted by: Reba at March 18, 2010 12:32 PM

Pinky, I was just gonna say that.

It looks like an ok movie, but really I have just seen the whole thing now so what is the point.

Posted by: Alli at March 18, 2010 12:45 PM

Damn you Jason Bateman. Because of you, I will have to see this. I can only hope to get another cardboard cutout out of it though

Posted by: michaelceratops at March 18, 2010 12:56 PM

Patrick Wilson twice in one week. Seriously, I will be in my bunk for a long time.

Posted by: Nimue at March 18, 2010 1:00 PM

Fairly harmless chick flick. It looks cute enough that I won't have to feign injury or illness to get out of seeing this one with my girlfriends.

Posted by: becks at March 18, 2010 1:28 PM

I keep defending the Anniston.

Why does SHE keep making it so hard?

I saw an ad on TV for "The Bounty Hunter" and it looks terrible, and even at the 30-second TV length you could see exactly what was going to happen. Oh hell, just read a plot synopsis and you know what's going to happen.

It'll break the bank though, I'm sure, that one and this one. People have this attraction to ritual, especially comforting, boring ritual. It explains a lot about us Catholics.

Posted by: , at March 18, 2010 1:34 PM

As someone on ONTD pointed out, switching sperm samples is technically a felony. Way to go, movie!

Posted by: Claire at March 18, 2010 2:02 PM

Oh Jason Bateman and Jeff Goldblum, what were you smoking when you decided to be in a movie with Jennifer Aniston? And yea, that was a good movie because I HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT. THANKS MOVIE TRAILER!!!!

Posted by: grace b at March 18, 2010 2:29 PM

jennifer aniston AND juliette lewis?
ugh. 8 jason batemans could not make me watch it.

Posted by: gem at March 18, 2010 2:57 PM

, I have seen Bounty Hunter, it's so much worse than you think.

Posted by: captainfireypants at March 18, 2010 4:26 PM

I will see it purely based on this: "based on a Jeffrey Eugenides short story."

Posted by: Christy at March 18, 2010 5:34 PM

I'm so watching this. It might be crap but I might be bored and I do love me some Goldblum. And Jennifer Aniston is never an obstacle as long as she's playing Rachel over and over again. I mean, seriously, who cares? Haters just wanna hate, man.

Posted by: deadpancakes at March 18, 2010 6:27 PM

"Second, despite what you think of her as an actress, how hard is it for someone who looks like Jennifer Aniston to find a guy willing to have sex with her?"

Apparently pretty fucking hard. Even Gerard Butler, Notorious Man-Whore, stepped up to do some damage control and put the kibosh on rumors they were hooking up.

Posted by: Craig at March 18, 2010 8:12 PM

So Wilson's gone from two ball-less movies to one where he's a sperm donor? Why do all of his movies revolve around his manhood?

That said... Jason Bateman. Oh, how I would love to add you to my list of secret husbands/boyfriends. He's just got this everyman charm that I cannot resist. I wish every man had that everyman charm.

Posted by: Jelinas at March 18, 2010 9:42 PM

Well, my problem with Jennifer Aniston is her awful face, and her typically terrible choices in roles. But... There were times when, while watching Friends re-runs, I had to turn to my husband and say "Wow! Man-Chin is really on fire in this episode!"
My point is, given the right material, Jennifer Aniston can deliver the hell out of a line, it's just that as a general rule she refuses to choose the right material.

So I have to lean toward Jason Bateman cancelling Jennifer Aniston's bad characteristics out.

Posted by: lemon merangutan at March 18, 2010 9:51 PM

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