Fall in love.* Get married. Have a baby. *Not necessarily in that order.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson, Noreen DeWulf |
| Director |
Alan Poul |
| Screenplay | Kate Angelo |
| Music | Stephen Trask |
| Cinematography | Xavier Perez Grobet |
| Editing | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2010 |
| Produced by | CBS Films, Escape Artists |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Mild to moderate, fairly implied, in comedic context. Mild to moderate infact (sic). |
| Nudity | Brief, infrequent, not graphic, partly rear view, non-sexual context |
| Sex | Mild to moderate sexual references, brief mildly implied sex, infrequent |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild profanities, infrequent |
| Drug abuse | Brief alcohol, in celebration |
| Comments | None |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Lopez back with a plan | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Futlose fliek eerder absurd as snaaks | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Kirk Honeycutt Cute vehicle for Lopez | 10 | |
| Box Office Peter Hammond CBS sends another Movie of the Week into theaters, but presence of the mother-of-twins Jennifer Lopez makes it all seem like news | 8 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Back-up Plan doesn't deserve comparison with sitcoms. It plays like an unendurable TV commercial about beautiful people with great lifestyles and not a thought in their empty little heads. | 5 | |
| eye Weekly Chandler Levack | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs The Back-Up Plan desperately wants to come out with potential, but was ill-conceived from the get-go. | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 7 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2361 Netizens When you start a family in reverse order, this movie is what happens | 8 | |
Average .. 36% | 7 | |