Fine acting by Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston can't save The Switch. The film, an adaptation of a short story published in the New Yorker, promises an off-beat take on parenthood, but delivers a formulaic, and not-so-funny, rom-com plot. Here, the lackluster reviews:
- "When you laugh at a line in The Switch, the laughter contains an element of surprise: Wow, I can't believe a character in this movie said something funny," writes Dana Stevens for Slate.