The Switch Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Jan. 22, 2011

The Switch

Release Date: Friday, August 20, 2010 Theaters

Director: Will Speck • Josh Gordon

Starring: Jennifer Aniston • Jason Bateman • Jeff Goldblum • Patrick Wilson • Juliette Lewis

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 40 m

3.31 / 5.0

84% WILL SEE 16% WON'T SEE

Rent or buy

Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: A neurotic and insecure man finds out his best friend wants to have a child through artificial insemination. He surreptitiously replaces her donor's semen with his own and is then forced to live with the secret that he is the child's real father.

Comedy

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Will you see The Switch?

84% of people who rated this movie are planning to watch it.

16% of people have indicated they do not plan to see this movie.

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Who stars in The Switch – Cast List

Jennifer Aniston
Horrible Bosses, Just Go With It
Jason Bateman
Zootopia 2, Zootopia
Jeff Goldblum
Wicked: For Good, Thor: Ragnarok
Patrick Wilson
Jay Kelly, The Conjuring: Last Rites
Juliette Lewis
A Million Little Pieces, Nerve

Who is making The Switch – Crew List

A look at The Switch behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Will Speck last helmed Distant and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. The film's writer Allan Loeb last penned The Only Living Boy in New York and The Space Between Us.

Director: Will Speck
Josh Gordon
Screenwriter: Allan Loeb
Producers: Albert Berger
Ron Yerxa

Studios: Touchstone Pictures
Production Company: Bona Fide Productions
Mandate Pictures

Production – What we know about the The Switch

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Feb 2010

Completed

Changed The Switch movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2009

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2009

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Shooting set for spring 2009

Feb 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 40 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: The Baster, The Turkey Baster
Language: English

The Switch Trailers and Clips

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Video Clip: 'Fresh'

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Video Clip: 'Duck Tales'

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Video Clip: 'Home Baster'

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Video Clip: 'Buzzkill'

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Video Clip: 'It's Weird'

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Video Clip: 'Friend Zone'

The Switch Release Date: When was the film released?

The Switch was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 20 , 2010. The film was released in approximately 1,700 theaters. There were nine other movies released on the same date, including Piranha 3D, Lottery Ticket and Nanny McPhee Returns.