The Back-Up Plan

"Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order."

2010 1h 46m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 1,517

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order.”

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Cast

Jennifer Lopez
Zoe
Alex O'Loughlin
Stan
Michaela Watkins
Mona
Eric Christian Olsen
Clive
Anthony Anderson
Playground Dad
Noureen DeWulf
Daphne
Melissa McCarthy
Carol
Tom Bosley
Arthur

Credits

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Director: Alan Poul
Writers: Kate Angelo, Dan Caplan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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CAST

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361+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan Poul, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Trask. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin and Michaela Watkins carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1212436 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Alan Poul directs. Xavier Grobet behind the camera. Stephen Trask scores. Priscilla Nedd-Friendly cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 16 years ago.
2361+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Alan Poul, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Stephen Trask. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin and Michaela Watkins carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order.".
8IMDB entry: tt1212436 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "pregnancy", "kiss", "romcom", "sperm bank".

The technical file

Cinematography: Xavier Grobet
Original score: Stephen Trask
Editing: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Production design: Alec Hammond
Costume design: Karen Patch
Makeup / hair: Candy L. Walken
VFX supervisor: Dottie Starling
Sound: Paul Pirola
Stunt coordinator: Keith Adams
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $77,477,008
Return: 221% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Back-Up Plan (2010)

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ohlalipop2017-02-09
★ 6/10
The movie was alright. I mean, J.Lo looked amazing as always. And the lead guy played by Alex O'Loughlin was really hot. The story was okay. It was like Baby Mama minus the baby mama. There were some funny parts like the orgasm and the water birth. But this movie is more of a dvd kind of movie than a theater kind of movie. A feel good movie.

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