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'The Back-up Plan' Sinks Jennifer Lopez Lower in Romatic Comedy Hell

A A A Comments (9) By Melissa Anderson Thursday, Apr 22 2010

I'm no obstetrician, but I'd wager that Jennifer Lopez's own labor when birthing fraternal twins two years ago was much less interminable and painful than watching this romantic comedy, the star's first movie since 2006's El Cantante, about knocking yourself up.

O'Loughlin offers Lopez little.

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As single, financially comfortable, baby-craving Tribeca pet-store owner Zoe, Lopez muddles through the dismal big-screen debut of both writer (Kate Angelo) and director (Alan Poul), who burden her with an absolute void (Alex O'Loughlin) as a love interest, an SNLcastoff (Michaela Watkins) as a second banana, and a disabled Boston terrier.

The same day she receives intrauterine insemination from Dr. Harris (Robert Klein, who later provides some weird gallows gyn-humor), Zoe meets Stan (O'Loughlin), an organic cheesemonger. Throughout their courtship, crises are incoherently manufactured, involving Stan's struggle to pass an econ test at CUNY, Zoe's eligibility in the Single Mothers and Proud Group (which, confusingly, seems to include dyke couples making predatory lez eyes at the newcomer), and our heroine's final-act lesson on learning to trust.

Why does Lopez, post-motherhood, now seem intent on reinventing herself as a screen presence even blander than Kate Hudson?

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the greatest 04/26/2010 6:42:00 PM

This (hate to use this term) entertainer has little talent always has ONE movie she made that was good was Selena and the was limited . Her only ASSet is her booty . She's a Charro that made the big screen by sleeping with the right people at the right time. Ben for white audience now Anthony for spanish she's a product of a machine that sometimes fails. when i sa the ad's for this i was like why would anyone (studio) spend 10 20 30 million on anything she does CRAZY the only people who would go see this have to be sick fans of her there has to be at least two left

chris 04/26/2010 6:10:00 PM

i thought the movie was hilarious. anyone who has had kids can easily relate to some of the thoughts/events of the movie and find it very entertaining...someone without kids, maybe not so much.

cara 04/25/2010 8:52:00 PM

John Doe you dont mince your words huh dwl...aka dying with laughter

Chucky Ross 04/25/2010 1:49:00 AM

"...the star's first movie since..." What star? Why would Lopez even be considered a star? Maybe I missed something in her celebrity invented past.

kathy 04/24/2010 6:51:00 PM

I like the movie, there is alot of haters out there....

Ced 04/24/2010 6:31:00 PM

NO surprise . she is a horrible actor. not even a good singer or entertainer . just overrated everywhere across the board.

yunggunna 04/24/2010 9:41:00 AM

u definitley need to proofread brutha ....its ROMANTIC not romatic. How u gon talk shit and ur a writer who cant spell.

john doe 04/23/2010 11:09:00 PM

is not the first time she stinks, she is a product of the media made up to satisfy the latino population, like gloria stefan ( another singer that blows ) and so on..by the way, what is wrong with her husband, that dude looks like he is dying from AIDS

Patricia 04/23/2010 11:02:00 PM

Despite your dismal review of what others may think is an "ok" movie... Jennifer Lopez is not sinking into Romatic Hell... By the way its ROMANTIC not ROMATIC... do you not proofread what you write.