Top five things that probably aren't in the movie version
Having not seen The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, but having just read the inspiration — Jeffrey Eugenides' 1996 Baster:
1. The abortions.
2. Dan Rather.
3. Mirabella.
4. Letters delivered through the mail.
5. Norman Schwarzkopf.
Also
Was it a thing with Tina Brown's New Yorker to make the cartoons and poems thematic with the articles? One of each in the short story's first few pages matched the your-youth-is-running-out-now-ness. Not that reading the first few pages was easy. Distracting in the digital edition:
September 9th, 2010 at 6:24 PM
This doesn't answer your Tina Brown question, but it's good New Yorker history that popped up in my podcasts and is worth a listen. Spoiler! Despite hating "the idea of being cooped up on a boat and being stuck with a bunch of smelly fish," Lillian Ross still managed to have fun and become friends with Hemingway.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2010/09/06/100906on_audio_ross
September 9th, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Your prediction was completely right-on — those five items were omitted from the movie version, which incidentally is worth seeing for the adorable little boy if nothing else. Oh, and as a big fan of Middlesex I was very surprised to learn from your post that another Eugenides' work inspired this movie — will have to check it out.