10s Movie Review - The Switch

Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Genre: Comedy/ Romance
Runtime: 101 minutes
Year: 2010
Starring: Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, Juliette Lewis

Description: Seven years after the fact, a man (Jason Bateman) comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's (Jennifer Aniston) boy.

I WATCHED THIS FILM FOR MY 2025 MOVIE CHALLENGE
WEEK 15: A FILM WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM
 
Review: Kassie and Wally have been best friends for a long time. Both single and not successful in the romance department, Wally has just accepted it. But Kassie has one desire: to become a mom. She decides to search for a sperm donor because she feels like time is running out. In a drunk moment, Wally accidentally spills the sperm sample that is supposed to give Kassie her baby and swaps it for his own. But he doesn’t remember doing it when he wakes up hungover. Kassie moves away and seven years later Wally gets to meet her son Sebastian. Who resembles him in every way.

Let’s just start with how ridiculous this premise is. I understand Kassie wanted a baby and deciding to go for a sperm donor. My best friend has done the same. But she hosts a party for it, where the chosen donor is ‘delivering his goods’ in the bathroom when everyone else is at the party. And then Kassie will be impregnated at that same party. Then, Wally, who is obviously a bit jealous and not understanding of Kassie’s choices, tries to mess with the sample and he actually spills it. He then fills the cup with his own sperm. But…. he doesn’t remember he has done it.

Kassie moves away to Michigan, leaving Wally in New York. They speak to each other, but don’t see each other for seven years. He never even goes to visit Kassie when she had her son Sebastian. And they are supposed to be best friends. When Kassie returns, that’s the first time Wally sees her son. And then he realizes that Sebastian has a lot of the same quirks that he has. It feels like looking at a younger version of himself. In the meantime Kassie starts dating the donor Roland, who she thinks to be the actual father of Sebastian. But Wally starts realizing what he has done. It’s one giant mess and I hated it.

It's just too ridiculous for me, I can’t wrap my head around the fact that Wally doesn’t remember that he made the switch. And that whole “I’m getting pregnant” party is just stupid. I love Jennifer Aniston and I usually enjoy watching Jason Bateman as well. And my favorite parts where the moments that Wally had with Sebastian. I couldn’t stand Kassie. Why can’t she see that Wally was the best choice from the start? And Jeff Goldblum was fun by the way. But for the rest, I kinda hated this movie.

Rating: 2 / 5