The Switch

The Switch is a very good film which would be classed as a 'RomCom'. The storyline of this film is; 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. 

I really enjoyed this film, and felt that there was a real strong storyline. However, At one point The Switch may have been a darkly humorous romantic comedy, but it’s had so much plastic surgery you can only look at the too-smooth lines and imagine the wrinkles that used to add character and nuance to its features. During the film there is a huge jump in the film, this is when it shows the opening of the film, and then there is a big jump to 5 years later, this made it feel really unrealistic, because what sort of best friend doesn't speak to someone for over 5 years, and then when he has met the son, he starts thinking 7 years back to when he changed the sperm.