Picks and Pans Review: What's the Deal with...Sperm Donors at the Multiplex?

By Alynda Wheat, BLAINE ZUCKERMAN

UPDATED 08/30/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/30/2010 at 01:00 AM EDT

We've survived dueling movies about volcanoes and meteors. This year, it's sperm-bank babies. The Back-up Plan, The Kids Are All Right and The Switch all use the same shtick, but only Kids aces it. Lesson: A great story always beats a cutesy gimmick.