The Switch, formerly titled The Baster, is a 2010 comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Will Speck and Josh Gordon directed the comedy from the screenplay written by Allan Loeb. The film is based on the short story "Baster" by Jeffrey Eugenides. Filming began in March 2009, and ended in May 2009. Re-shoots took place in October 2009. Kassie Larson decides she wants to have a baby. Despite the objections of her neurotic best friend Wally Mars , she chooses to do so alone, with the services of handsome and charming sperm donor Roland . Wally has always had feelings for Kassie,... but as his friend Leonard points out, he missed his chance and she put him in the "friend zone." Kassie organizes an "insemination party," where Roland produces the sperm in the bathroom, and leaves behind the cup. Wally uses the bathroom and sees the sample. Drunk, and not liking the idea of Kassie being inseminated with this sperm, he plays with the cup, and accidentally spills it into the sink. Panicking, he replaces the sperm with his own.
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| Release date: | August 19, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Will Speck, Josh Gordon |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa |
| Editor: | John Axelrad |
| Music by: | Alex Wurman |
| Cinematography: | Jess Hall |
| Screenplay by: | Allan Loeb |
| Estimated budget: | $19,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Baster |
| Genre: | Comedy |