The Back-up Plan (2010)

A romantic comedy centered on a woman who conceives twins through artificial insemination, only to meet the man of her dreams on the very same day.

Director:

Alan Poul

Writer:

Kate Angelo

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Lopez	...	Zoe
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Stan
Michaela Watkins	...	Mona
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Clive
Anthony Anderson	...	Playground Dad
Noureen DeWulf	...	Daphne
Melissa McCarthy	...	Carol
Tom Bosley	...	Arthur
Maribeth Monroe	...	Lori
Danneel Ackles	...	Olivia (as Danneel Harris)
Robert Klein	...	Dr. Scott Harris
Linda Lavin	...	Nana
Carlease Burke	...	Tabitha
Amy Block	...	Sara
Jennifer Elise Cox	...	Baby Store Sales Clerk

Storyline

Zoe is a woman who has a hard time letting anyone into her life. She has a habit of pushing people away whenever they get close. She wants to have a baby but because she has no man in her life, she decides to be artificially inseminated. Shortly after having the procedure she meets a guy named Stan, and she feels a spark. When she tells him about her pregnancy, she thinks he'll bail but he sticks with her.

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Plot Keywords:

artificial insemination | baby | doctor | single mother | twin | 

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Taglines:

Fall in love.* Get married. Have a baby. *Not necessarily in that order.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including references, some crude material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Plan B

Filming Locations:

21 W Dayton St, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£710,201 (UK) (7 May 2010)

Gross:

$37,481,242 (USA) (16 July 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Films, Escape Artists

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Three different dogs played Nuts.

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Goofs

In the final scene the babies in the strollers are obvious dolls.

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Quotes

Baby Store Sales Clerk: [Looking at baby strollers] It's a bit overwhelming huh?
Stan: There are so many and they are so... big!
Baby Store Sales Clerk: Well they have to be big, 2 babies right?
Stan: Yeah but babies are small, these are for like giant mutant babies
Baby Store Sales Clerk: Well you should see some of the babies that come in here, total fatasses

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes play over the end credits.

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 30 April 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Say Hey (I Love You)"
Written by Michael Franti and Carl Young
Performed by Michael Franti and Spearhead
Courtesy of Anti / Universal Republic Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Plan to see something else instead

The date-night genre of choice, rom-com's, get another black eye. People have rightfully criticized stuff like Valentine's Day for giving the genre a bad name, but Back Up Plan makes even V-Day seem almost good by comparison.

Jennifer Lopez shows up, after appearing in nothing but check-out stand gossip news rags for a while. Along with Jen are a supporting cast whose acting, simply put, reeks. Jen is an uppity "bio-clock's running" 30-something who wants a relationship, plus a child. Guys flee in terror (they must have seen abominations like Gigli, Anaconda, Jersey Girl and Monster-in-Law), so she resigns herself to a single-mom future, and goes through an artificial insemination procedure. Just minutes after learning she's pregnant, she meets Mr. Right (a poor sap who hasn't seen her movies). A possibly amusing premise, but the writer clearly had no idea where to go with it. The story is jumbled, rambling, and has no clear goal. It's more like a series of skits with corny punch lines, usually mean-spirited in that the joy of parenting is grossly mocked.

The poor sap boyfriend and JLo have romantic chemistry about as hot as the polar ice cap. The weak scripting and abysmal direction may be to blame for their poor acting performances; it's not certain. The guy just mugs and stares blankly. As for Jen, she's kind to the eyes but grating to the ears: her line delivery is a patchwork quilt of sing-song, cutesy-cute, whiny, and condescending career-woman tones. At times, she appears catatonic.

Even stuff like Iron Man and Nightmare on Elm St. would be more romantic and funny than this is.