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The Back-up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin

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The Back-up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin
The Back-up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin. The idea might have been fresher 10 years ago. Image from: http://tengossip.com/

Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has wanted to get married and have kids but since she hasn’t been able to meet the right guy (not even come close), she decides to get pregnant through the sperm bank.  She gets the “operation” and right on that day, she meets a handsome young guy called Stan (Alex O’Loughlin). Stan is fun, honest and interesting. And he doesn’t have a clue what Zoe has done. Zoe decides to hang around with him. After all he can’t be The One, right? But as it turns out, he is and he is not all that pleased when he finds out. But despite the “challenge”, he really is crazy about Zoe and wants to try to make it work. Just as Stan tries to get his  head around the idea, he finds out that Zoe’ll be having twins. After that, it is all romantic and domestic chaos. Combined with Stan’s freaking out and Zoe’s trust issues, their relationship hits more than a few bumps on the road.

OK. So you really don’t need me to tell you that they will end up together and will live happily ever after.

After all, it is a typical romantic comedy. The problem is, it is mostly too typical. Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of the genre. But when the story feels too formulated and too familiar, you should get worried.

Obviously, you can’t change certain things about the genre. Two people have to fall in love with each other at some point. This should be the case, otherwise there won’t be a story in this category. But there should be limits on how many clichés you are going to use.

Is  it as bad as some people make it to be?

Frankly, I don’t think you will be bored to death. While I totally suggest boys to stay away from the movie at all costs, girls (especially Moonlight fans) will at least have Alex O’Loughlin to look at. But, even if you are just a tad sarcastic, you may get bored. I am not saying there aren’t any scenes that I didn’t like. There are some pretty funny scenes. But if you thought it was bad in the beginning, there is no point in keeping it up. Because I thought it was OK until Stan found out about the baby issues.

5/10 from me. As I said, it is not that bad. But it is too mediocre to be anything special. Or maybe it is because I don’t want kids at all and therefore thought the whole idea was just not believable. You decide.

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  2. Yep, it is as cheesy as a romcom can get but…Jennifer Lopez looks great for the most part and I loved her outfits. Especially the dresses. Her grandma is cool, her bestfriends are funny and Alex is really handsome. Actually, it was pretty promising until they started dating.:)

  3. Couldn`t agree more! I watched it after Moonlight to some how ease my broken heart! 😀 Movie delivers what every romantic comedy. It`s not my type of films, Alex was the reason to watch it, it wasn`t as good as well, for example, ugly truth (wich from this kind of movies I really enjoyed) but it wasn`t totaly lame! And it`s really nice to see Alex on screen! Thx for nice review! 🙂

  4. 🙂 the ugly truth rocked. I love Gerard Butler and it was so funny and to the point. Maybe the romantic bit wasn’t that realistic but after all that comedy and sarcasm, we did want to see Gerard’s character on his knees anyway.
    My The Ugly Truth review is here by the way:
    https://pinartarhan.com/blog/the-ugly-truth/

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