The Switch Review 2010
Wally (Jason Bateman) and Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) have been the best of friends for about six years. They tried the dating thing at first and then didn’t pan out, and when Kassie announces that she’s on the hunt for a sperm donor in lieu of the complete package, she doesn’t even consider Wally. After all, if the father’s this much of a pessimist (he prefers ‘realist’), how might the kid turn out? Wally doesn’t mind, at least not enough to say anything. He snipes at her decision, but supports her all the same, showing up to her “artificial insemination party” and drinking his true feelings away in between pot shots from her BFF (Juliette Lewis). The problem is, Wally’s a little too drunk when he stumbles into the bathroom and sees the sample left by chosen donor Roland (Patrick Wilson). One accidental spill later, and he’s hard-pressed to find a substitute…
Cut to seven years later, and Kassie’s back in NYC, having fled the city in order to raise her six-year-old son, Sebastian (Thomas Robinson), in a more wholesome environment (read: Minnesota). Wally’s happy to have her near again and yet wary to meet Sebastian, whose looks and personality bear a far greater resemblance to those of neurotic Wally than those of the headstrong Roland, whom Kassie has taken up with. Once he corroborates the story of that fateful night with colleague and confidant Leonard (a welcome Jeff Goldblum), Wally finds himself playing an increasingly prominent role in Sebastian’s life and faced with the burden of breaking the news to Kassie.
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