The Back-up Plan (2010– 106 mins) J-Lo, A. O’Loughlin

   The Back-up Plan is a generic rom-com about a woman (J-Lo) who has had no luck with dating in life and has decided that she wants a family now, so she gets artificially inseminated. As life happens she meets the man of her dreams (O’Loughlin) on the same day she gets the procedure done. From there the usual things pop up. She gets mad at him for one thing or another then he gets mad at her for one thing or another, but deep down you can tell the characters truly do love each other. And after the usual Rom-Com stuff the movie gets on with the pregnancy and story and overall isn’t too bad of a watch. Chicks will like it and guys won’t hate it.

   On a side note I just hate J-Lo but she did a good job here working opposite of O’Loughlin (who I actually like as an actor). On the surface the pairing really seem like an awful pairing for a movie but they do a decent job of manufacturing chemistry. I am really hoping that Alex finds his niche on CBS’ new envisioning of Hawaii Five-O b/c he’s a good actor. They have been trying to cram him down our throats as the next big CBS drama star. They had him in the vampire detective show Moonlight, which I loved but it was cancelled about a year before the vampire craze hit. I think if they even re-started the show it might be more of a hit now and be able to make it a few seasons, b/c it really was a good show. Then they had him in a doctor drama, and now tryng the cop drama thing. So Iam rooting for him since he’s a good,like-able actor. 

   Another thing that made me laugh in the movie was the scenes in the pet shop that    Zoe (J-Lo) owns. The whole dynamic is straight out of You’ve Got Mail. You have the witty sidekick guy orig played by Steve Zaun (Eric Christian Olsen, here actually seeming to do his best Zaun impression), and the close friend playing the Heather Burns part (Noureen DeWulf). It’s kind of subtle but it might give you a slight chuckle to notice the blatant coincidences.

Verdict—> No real new Rom-Com territory here but it’s not bad. If the little lady wants to watch it or if you want to give that date a comedy she might like for the brownie points, then it’s worth it.

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