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Movie Review: The Switch

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Aug. 20 2010, Published 9:32 a.m. ET

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Lighthearted, surprisingly funny and buoyed by poignancy and punch lines, The Switch is a love story that starts with a partner-less pregnancy, and ends with warm fuzzies, after an unusual route.

Jennifer Aniston stars as Kassie, our pretty, successful and even-tempered heroine who opts for artificial insemination when, in her mid-30s, she’s single but still wants to be a mom. Things are going swimmingly until her bestie Wally (Jason Bateman) boozes it up at her pregnancy party, and  -- whoops! -- switches his sperm for the original batch. Suddenly, Kassie’s baby-to-be will be infused with the neuroses and social awkwardness that besets her hapless BFF, instead of alpha-male attitude from a strapping blonde named Roland (Patrick Wilson).

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Unaware of his drunken stunt, Wally moves on with his life after Kassie leaves town: a string of days at his white-collar job, jogs at the gym and hilarious blind dates gone wrong -- all the while unaware that he’s a dad. But when Kassie returns