The Switch is a loose adaptation of a Jeffrey Eugenides story called "Baster
," published in The New Yorker in 1996 and deemed fit for inclusion in the 2001 best-of anthology Wonderful Town. Last week, when asked by the New Yorker's book blog about the filmwhich stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman and was directed by the team responsible for the Will Ferrell skating farce Blades of Glorythe Virgin Suicides author carefully drew a distinction between his highbrow literary effort and its Disney-distributed successor.