Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Switch Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Squeezes fresh laughs out of what is, in essence, a rather startlingly post-Freudian, nature-trumps-nurture view of child development.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  Aniston and Bateman keep things both light and dark when they should, and Robinson's Sebastian steals everyone's heart.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Despite a virtually unplayable premise, The Switch overcomes this handicap to turn itself into a friendly, offbeat romantic comedy.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  This is a romantic comedy, not a sci-fi adventure tale. But the actions, choices and general behavior of the characters are oddly removed from what goes in the real world.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  The first third of The Switch, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, is so bizarre that it leads you to wonder if, through some miraculous lack of oversight, the movie will blaze an unpredictable path. No such luck.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Variety

  An unfunny, manipulative romance about two unlikable people and their prop of a son, the pic mangles the premise of its source material ("Baster," a 1996 short story by Pulitzer-winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides) in ways that ought to baffle viewers of all sociopolitical stripes.

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