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The Back-Up Plan

2010 · 106 min

A breezy, formulaic romantic comedy that coasts on star charm and silly misunderstandings, offering easy laughs and zero surprises.

Directed by
Alan Poul
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order.
Overview
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

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Directed by
Alan Poul
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • parenthood
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Alan Poul
Written by
Kate Angelo
Starring
Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson, Noureen DeWulf, Melissa McCarthy, Tom Bosley
Music
Stephen Trask
Cinematography
Xavier Grobet
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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