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Tony Toscano reviews “The Switch”

Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman team up for the romantic comedy “The Switch” in which Anniston plays Cassie, a woman whose biological clock is telling her it’s time to have a baby. So, she decides to conceive a child through artificial means. And goes about selecting a suitable donor.

Bateman plays Wally, her best friend, who is desperately in love with her, but is content to sit on the sidelines all the while keeping his feelings to himself.

When a donor (Patrick Wilson) is found, Wally in a drunken state makes a switch, and Cassie, unknowingly, becomes pregnant with the wrong “sample.”

Then Cassie moves away.

Seven years later she returns with her son in tow.

“The Switch” is a delightfully absurd, formula comedy that makes full use of its lead’s comedic talents. Both Anniston and Bateman’s characters are warmly likeable. She is outgoing and fun, he is neurotic and introspective. Yet both characters compliment each other in subtle ways.

In the end, the formula works.

“The Switch” gets a solid B grade and is rated PG-13.

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