Movie Review #8: The Switch

By Eva Rinaldi (Jason Bateman)
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Who WOULDN'T want Jennifer Aniston as their longtime best friend? 

Seriously.

It's a pretty good question, right? 

Apparently, Jason Bateman was a little blind at the fact that he had JENNIFER ANISTON AS HIS BEST FRIEND and refused to acknowledge the sheer awesomeness of the situation. But it's okay because it's only a movie and he wouldn't do something like that in real life...We can only hope that he hasn't....

ACTING

Jennifer Aniston = automatic Oscar boost. She's just so glamourous. 

Jason Bateman = awkward guy you have a crush on even though you have no idea why. Automatic Oscar boost.

Plus Thomas Robinson (the little tyke) was just so nerdy I almost adopted him from Jen A. 

It was just so freaking FUNNY. I couldn't stop laughing at how...ungraceful the whole thing was. The whole story line was rather tangled, yet was entertaining at the same time. That's how good the duo was!

Total Oscars: 3.5 

SET/COSTUMES & MAKEUP

By Vennyschull (Own work)
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WELL, it was shot live in NYC (pretty cool...and common). It was pretty modern day, but I have to admit that the decorating for the fertility party was rather hilarious. It's purely indescribable (mostly because I just CAN'T describe the doodads without making it seem entirely disgusting). 

Total Oscars: 3.5

STORY LINE

Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) wants to have a baby before her lady parts run out so she decides to do insemination. She throws a party and lets her donor, Roland, do his business, but her jealous best friend, Wally (Jason Bateman), sabotages the whole thing. Kassie gets preggers then moves away to raise her kid, Sebastian. She and her kid come back a few years later to NYC. Wally screws everything up, Roland is entirely charming and obnoxious, and Sebastian ends up admiring Wally. 

Total Oscars: 3.5

OSCAR SUM: 10. 5

I honestly couldn't stop laughing throughout the whole thing. It's one of those films you watch once and never do it again but tell all your friends about anyways.