Jennifer Aniston's utter lack of range...

I agree; Aniston should be embarrassed by her lack of talent when the rest of the cast around her shines. I can't believe she keeps getting roles, but they are all the same character.

Of course she has a job outside the norm; of course her hair hangs in her face; of course she stutters; of course she wears giant scarves. All her characters do the same thing, and they utterly morph into one another.

She's not the only one in Hollywood with no talent, there are lots of them who have screen presence but no talent. Alas, Aniston is one of them.

Actually, I thought this was her best performance in years simply because she got to be Rachel again. It's the only thing she knows how to do. In her last several movies, she wasn't even Rachel. She phoned them all in and the films were SO dreadfully boring. This one actually worked in her favor, especially since the main focus was on Bateman and the child--who were stellar.

I really liked Goldbloom in this film too.




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Truth be told, I had to see you one more time, even if it was from a distance.

So for all those who are saying Aniston has no "range" in this movie, what exactly should she have done, apart from of course crawling into a hole and dying.

Rachael was a character in Friends with different issues and a completely different story compared to Kassie in Switch, only the theme is somewhat common. Of course both characters were played by the same actor so there will be some similarities, nobody is that good nor was this film that brilliantly scripted either. Is Jennifer Aniston going to be bashed (for want of a better word) just because she played one of the most memorable characters in television history.

Who cares if she plays the same type of roles, Adam Sandler and Vince Vaugh play the same type of character. I like them all. It is just fun entertainment.

I think Aniston has shown flashes of range in a few projects, such as Horrible Bosses, Derailed and The Good Girl, but yes, the large majority of her performances are extremely slight variations of the same character, typically in romantic comedy dreck like The Switch. Can anyone really find much range of character between The Switch and Just Go With It, The Bounty Hunter, Love Happens, He's Just Not That Into You, Marley & Me, The Break-Up, Rumor Has It, etc...? Jeez, I've seen a lot of Jennifer Aniston movies. I guess that's the point; she gives the audience what they want to see. Much like Adam Sandler, who has also shown flashes of talent in a few films, but typically sticks with the sophomoric toilet humor that made him a star.

Julia Roberts has played the same character in every movie she's ever made, but no one seems to ever point that out. Hell, she won an Oscar doing it. And let's face it, when's the last time you saw Jason Bateman or Jeff Goldblum play someone other than who they played in The Switch? Vince Vaughn used to mix it up, but only became a mega star after he started making all the broad, mainstream, unimaginative, crappy comedies he makes now in which, yes, he basically plays the same character over and over.

The masses are asses and Jennifer Aniston, along with many other Hollywood stars, have gotten very rich giving them exactly what they want, one bland movie at a time.

"I ordered salsa! Not seltzer!"

BS.I didn't see Rachel in any of her movies and honestly she rocked her character in this one and looked stunning while doing it.She's such an amazing actress and way too underrated.

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Jennifer Aniston is certainly a bit better now than in her Friends days. It was during her Friends days that she had no range. She was tremendously cute but monotonous.

Anybody else thinks that the plot of this film is based on the Ross-Rachel chemistry in Friends?