Back-Up Plan, The : Movie Review


Chick flicks. You know them when you see them, right? The lonely but gorgeous heroines, the hunky but unthreatening heroes, the life lessons dished out by fate and sardonic buddies.

"The Back-Up Plan" qualifies on all counts: Jennifer Lopez plays a beauteous single who's artificially inseminated moments before meeting Alex O'Loughlin's sensitive hunk of a goat farmer. But their story goes way, way beyond standard chick-flickiness. The film actually belongs to a special subcategory called the Egg-Producing Hen Movie. As such it should appeal to anyone who has ever been pregnant, thought about getting pregnant, known someone who's been pregnant, followed a pregnant woman's postings on Facebook and/or thumbed through a copy of "What to Expect While You're Expecting" while sucking on a milk shake.

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Author : Amy Biancolli