Movie Review: "The Switch"
Now that I own all three seasons, I've been watching a lot of "Arrested Development." Naturally, this means I'm on a Jason Bateman kick. Which naturally means that I check the library for whatever Jason Bateman movies they have. Which naturally eventually means I'll get to "The Switch." I was leary. For while it has Jason Bateman, it also has *cringe* Jennifer Aniston. Without fail (well, except for "The Break-Up") Jennifer Aniston movies are terrible. I decided to take my chances, though, because, after all, this is Jason Bateman.I was pleasantly surprised. It actually wasn't bad. It was a romcom from the guy's point of view, which was refreshing (and it also enabled them to have a little more Bateman and a little less Aniston), and of course Bateman was absolutely charming. He was such a good guy (yes, I know, the term guys see as the kiss of death), even if he was neurotic. Somehow I can relate to neuroticness.The ending wasn't great - it was a sudden, 'oh crap, we don't know how to end this so we'll just...um...there you go. the end,' but whatever. Considering it's Jennifer Aniston, I think it's pretty good that that's my one big complaint. Oh, that and while the kid was a good actor, he was too dark to be believable as Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston's son. I found that a bit distracting. Cute kid, though.
It did, however, work as most romcoms do. It made me depressed. One, yes, because who wouldn't want a Jason Bateman, but two, because I could relate to some of the neuroticness, and it made me feel very alone. So now I'm in the process of telling myself to suck it up. C'est ma vie.
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:16 PM
5 Comments:
for some reason i don't think it's a coincidence that the two watchable jennifer aniston movies both have jason bateman
I found it pleasantly surprising too. Not sure if it was because of Jennifer Aniston that I was leery though. I think it was just the set-up or something. But I thought it was decent. I like Bruce Almighty, that's a Jennifer Aniston AND Jim Carrey movie, but for some reason I thought it was entertaining. :) Maybe Steve Carrell's short part? I dunno. Don't judge me. :P
Just watched it on Hulu. I guess if I were going into it with very low expectations I would also be "pleasantly surprised" but because I read both your reviews here first, I guess I was going in with slightly higher hopes... So overall it was an "okay" movie for me. The ending was a bit off, I agree, but I didn't expect any better either hehe... I wonder if this would pas the Bechel test- I don't think so, because the only two female characters to talk to each other were Aniston and her friend and it was most definitely about a guy. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend this or rewatch it, even if I needed a background movie. I guess the one good and surprising thing about the movie was that there was no outright sex like romcoms typically do... Though I was "ugh"-ing at the point of the "switch"... And rolling my eyes when they showed a scene from the theater with the naked man. Hmph.
What's the Bechel test again?
yeah, i don't know the bechel test either
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