Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jennifer LopezZoe
- Alex O'LoughlinStan
- Michaela WatkinsMona
- Eric Christian OlsenClive
- Anthony AndersonPlayground Dad
- Noureen DeWulfDaphne
- Melissa McCarthyCarol
- Tom BosleyArthur
- Maribeth MonroeLori
- Danneel AcklesOlivia
Recommendations
- 67
Tampa Bay Times
Even stock characters -- Zoe's tirelessly supportive friends and relatives -- get style points for giving jobs to old pros Klein, Linda Lavin (Alice) and "Mr. C" himself, Tom Bosley. Of course, the babies are adorable. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Jennifer Lopez carries this thin concept about as far and as well as she can, with Alex O'Loughlin in his first leading-man outing managing not to get lost in the shuffle. - 50
Variety
This tepid romantic comedy falls somewhere between a weak sitcom pilot and a second-tier Hallmark movie. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
O’Loughlin is the very definition of comic dead weight. Imagine making Greg Kinnear carry half of "Baby Mama," or sending Tina Fey out with Matthew Fox on "Date Night" and you’ll get the picture. - 50
ReelViews
This is the film to watch when pretty much everything else has been sold out and the only remaining choices are The Back-Up Plan and the latest Rob Schneider opus. - 40
Arizona Republic
It's not as if every funny movie has to offer something in the way of social commentary or greater insight. Sometimes funny is just funny. Sometimes, as is too often the case here, it's not. - 38
Chicago Tribune
A weak romantic comedy. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
Some movies are no better than second-rate sitcoms. Other movies are no better than third-rate sitcoms. 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.
