"The Switch"

 I was a little worried when I walked into the theater and realized the women-to-men ration was about 10:1. Not bad for a singles bar, but a bit foreboding for a movie. I mean, if I wanted to see a chick flick, we would have gone to “Eat, Pray, Love.”
 This is a movie that is hard to pigeonhole. At best it could be classified as a date move, but I wouldn’t go so far as to put it into the aforementioned chick flick category (whew!). What it is, though, is funny and touching without all the syrup that might come with the somewhat predictable ending.
 The best thing about the movie is the portrayal of the neurotic, Jennifer Anniston obsessed, sperm-jacking Wally Mars played brilliantly by Jason Bateman. Yes, I’m a fan of Bateman’s to start, but he still makes the downcast Mars a likable figure with his funny yet understated performance.
 Anniston is decent as the love interest but that’s hardly a stretch. I never was much of a Juliette Lewis fan and there was enough of her in the movie to ruin it but I wouldn’t have minded if Jeff Goldblum had a bigger role. Like Bateman, I always think he’s good.
 While not stealing the show, Thomas Robinson does a nice job of channeling Wally’s peculiarities as Anniston’s son Sebastian.
 The movie is brought to us by the makers of “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Juno” and this will be another movie for them to tout the next time they release a film. It wasn’t perfect, but I’d pay full price to see it and give it $5 out of $7.