Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

slightlymad22 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.This is hands down Jennifer Aniston's worst post "Friends" movie. It is dire and some of the blame must fall at the lovely Aniston's door.Straight off Jennifer Aniston plays the usual Jennifer Aniston type of role just as Jason Bateman plays his usual Jason Bateman type of role. Nothing new from either of them, both seem to be on autopilot and for that it's boring alone. Then throw the awful, cliché ridden script in, some awful direction, and a weak supporting cast who, with the exception of Jeff Goldblum and Juliette Lewis (and I'm being generous to the latter) seem to medley be there to make up the numbers and its a dull affair all round. I did manage to make it all the way through, which is something, but I'm not sure why I did cos it certainly wasn't out of interest in what was happening or an interest in the outcome.Jeff Goldblum who has saved worse movies than this has his work cut out here.

mugen-is-here The movie is very very slow paced. DIALOGUES: The whole movie is jam-packed with the following kinds of dialogs:"I.. uh.. I..I..I-I...uh...I just wanted to say something" (Really you ducking dork? It took you so much time just to say that much finally?)"You...uh..uh... you...uh... I've seen.. uh.. I've felt... that...uh.. in the last few days.. uh.. in the last one month actually... uh... ever since I'm back... uh.. I've seen you that...uh... I've felt this energy... uh.. with you... uh... with us.. uh... right?.... uh? (silence) right?... (silence)... uh?... oh my god!!""I...uh.. think... that'll be great! Yeah!!... that'll be great! that'll be great! that'll be great!! Yeah!... uh-huh""I...uh.... I'm really sorry... that...uh....I think...uh.. that....uh"Well how did it feel to read the above dialogs? Now imagine going through that repeatedly with NO plot progress for 90 minutes. (In a tone like I'm doubting that I'm actually speaking) How...uh... how.. uh... how would that... uh... feel?Plot line: The name of the movie is "The Switch" and the guy doesn't come to know about his own switch until 50-60% of the movie. There is no real plot. I can summarize the whole plot in 2-3 lines max but it's all dragged out over this entire stretch.CHARACTERS: The characters act very cautious about everything. If they're saying something it's very very slow and it's like they're slowly treading poisonous waters. What the duck! They're not talking to Aliens that they all need to calculate every word! They're talking to other ducking human beings! Haven't they done that already for so many years?Jeniffer Aniston is in a a particularly bitchy role. Throughout the movie she's constantly complaining, reacting, being abusive, demanding, stubborn.The characters all have a weird communication between them all. They try to say something but instead keep dragging it out endlessly filled with pointless sentences here and there. It's like everyone's speaking a different language and trying to communicate.COMEDY: There is NO comedy in this movie. ZERO. All the dialogs are serious. The scenes are silent with no background score. The characters don't laugh. They're all serious and angry the entire time.

David Holt (rawiri42) The Switch is a nice wholesome movie about a somewhat quirky young woman named Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) who decides that, as an independent career woman, she wants to become a mother - in other words, as the English would say, she gets clucky - except that she doesn't see any need for her child to have a father in its life. OK so far, nothing particularly new about that.However, Kassie also decides that she doesn't see any need for any sort of formal arrangement and so she not only hires a suitably vetted married man as a sperm donor but throws a lavish party to celebrate the event of getting pregnant. The donor goes to the bathroom and takes himself in hand to produce the necessary "donation" and leaves it on the vanity for Kassie to administer. Enter Kassie's long-time "best friend," Wally (Justin Bateman) who is somewhat the worse for wear due to the generosity of his hostess and needs to use the facilities. Unfortunately, whilst doing so, he accidentally (well, not entirely) manages to spill the "donation" down the basin and, in his panic, just before passing out, summons up enough stamina to replace the donation with one of his own - and then forget all about it!Shortly after the party, Kassie decides that New York is too hectic for her and goes back to her childhood home in Minnesota. goodbye Kassie (although she does send Christmas cards and the occasional email to Wally - after all, they were best friends)Flash forward, >>> After 7 years away, Kassie decides to return to New York with her six-year-old son, Sebastian (brilliantly played by Thomas Robinson - watch out for a lot more from him in the future) and also decides that the original donor who she still thinks it is only right that as Sebastian's father he should, at least, be given the opportunity to meet his son. So she looks up Roland (the donor played by Patrick Wilson) only to find that he is no longer married.Meanwhile though, Sebastian (who takes after his mother in quirkiness) and "Uncle" Wally hit it off immediately and become close friends.The rest is somewhat predictable in that Roland thinks that Sebastian is his blood son and, now that he is free, he can quite naturally see lots of advantages in himself and Kassie and their son becoming a family and works towards that end. However, Wally has some sort of memory recovery where the events of the "Pregnancy part" evening come back to him and, as he realises that he and his son have a unique bond, plans to come clean to Kassie - except that he is terrified and keeps procrastinating until, in the end, he chooses a far from ideal moment to do it.If you want to know what happens then, you'll have to watch the movie. It will leave you feeling good and glad you spent the time.

MtnShelby I don't like romantic comedies. I don't particularly care for Jennifer Aniston's films. I don't even like cute kids. And yet I thoroughly enjoyed this film about a single woman's quest for motherhood. Jason Bateman is adorable and genuine, Jennifer is cute and spirited without being cloying, Patrick Wilson is well-cast as the cardboard sperm donor, Juliette Lewis is lots of fun, and that little boy . . . I could have smothered that cupcake in icing and just eaten him up. As others have commented, one of the nice things about the film is the interaction between Bateman and the little boy--they genuinely seemed to get along as if they really were father and son. Maybe I just needed a break from heavier films, but I thought The Switch was delightful. And yes I cried at the end--eeek.