The new romantic comedy, The Back Up Plan with Jennifer Lopez is out this week. This much hyped comedy has high expectations, but does it deliver?
Lopez stars with Alex O'Laughlin in this highly creative story idea. Zoe (Lopez) is a very successful politically correct pet store owner. She hasn't met "Mr. Right" yet so decides to have a baby by artificial means. On the day of her procedure and is hopefully pregnant, she meets Stan (O'Laughlin). She sort of at first falls for Stan. then they fall for each other. But the trouble is, she's pregnant, and the laughs are on. Or are supposed to be on. But just as in the movie, where life doesn't always go according to plan, sometimes neither does this movie.
On the positive, Lopez is amazingly lovely and fun to watch. She has never bee so commanding on screen, especially in her romantic comedies. There is a real nice confidence in her, that spills forward and makes her the star of the show. The story idea is very original and seemingly fun. But the execution here is miserable. This movie time and time again shoots itself in the foot by going to the lowest common denominator. Lots of "poop and puke" humor, and also lots of visits to the gynecologists office, each one a little more tasteless than the last. Then it gets off track a bit with too any side characters and side plots that really distract you from the taste at hand. I was really surprised by the amount of sophomoric humor here.
There are some really funny moments in this movie that breathe some life into it. But they are quickly erased by the cheap 9th grade stuff. Lopez is lovely, and O'Laughlin is weak and forgettable. This movie, in addition to a some re-writing and better decision making, needed a stronger male lead than O'Laughlin. Some of the side characters are OK, but there are too many.
The Back Up Plan. Good idea that addresses an issue that is very topical and timely. But too bad the producers and directors are seemingly 15 years old.
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