Wonderful character development!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I like romantic comedies, occasionally (war movies and sci-fi are my go to normally). I know people are inclined to pan her, but I like Jennifer Lopez, and she has pulled off many fine and occasionally very funny performances in films as diverse as Angel Eyes and Maid In Manhatten. But here everything is forced. She's having a perfectly wonderful time, but the smile never quite reaches her eyes.I like Alex O'Loughlin too. He's caught a couple of bad TV breaks losing out on two series before striking gold with Hawaii Five-0. He's a fine actor, when he's paired with someone who gets his style and gives him something to play against.This, in a nutshell, is my problem with this film. Firstly, it must be said, the script is beyond terrible. It is very difficult to make cheese romantic or funny. This script does neither.Artificial insemination as the punchline... laugh... I thought I'd never start.The essence of romantic comedy is that the couple should sizzle. Alex is a handsome and athletic leading man, taking his shirt off and sitting on a tractor... sorry, one this is a horrible hackneyed and embarrassing cliché, two, other than goat's cheese and his inexplicable turn at night school (never really explained why he's going to night school to be an accountant but hey, they needed to give him something to do), he really has almost nothing to work with. He tries to give flesh to his character, Stan, and the script never makes Stan more than a cardboard cut out. Alex simply isn't the kind of actor who can work with nothing. Frustratingly, there are occasional glimpses of what might have been if he had anything to work with.Jennifer Lopez is an attractive woman with a great body and a pretty face, and yes, she can act... but this turkey... she is just going through the motions. The script has the feel of having been written for her. It has very clear milestones, which it gleefully ticks off and moves on to the next predictable trope. Again, she is capable of far more, and the script offers her nothing.Secondly, if ever there was a mis-match, this pairing is it. They are both pretty, pretty people, they have their own unique charms, but nothing about their romantic encounters sizzles. It is unforgivable in a romantic comedy that the leading couple have no chemistry.There are some amusing moments, they are few and far between. Too few, and far too far between. The plot is lazy. It's a shame, because on paper it could have been fun. It's just painful.

There is nothing redeeming about this movie. There is zero chemistry between the leads. (How could they make Alex O'Loughin look more dweebish than sexy?) The story is completely unrealistic. And I don't know how Lopez can vomit so much and yet keep her fake caterpillar eyelashes (and surrounding makeup)intact. Not only did I not laugh once, I didn't even break a smile. I can't believe any serious actor would sign up to do this movie. I felt sorry for the stunt dog that they stuck into the "cart like" thing, and feel sorry in general to poor cast that had to watch the lames scenes shot over and over. They probably wanted to quit. Poorly written. Mediocre acting. No heat. No laughter. No fun. Just horrible.

"The back up plan" is a story about an independent woman, Zoe, who decides to have a baby by her own. But as soon as she walks out of the doctor's office, she runs into Stan. She will soon fall for him, but she is also having twins on her own. What will she do? The story seemed very interesting at first, however it gets on a different direction as the movie develops. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes boring and sometimes romantic, even though the couple's chemistry is not very good. Especially some parts made me feel like they were trying too hard to make it comical and entertaining, that they had overdone it. The ending, finally, is predictable, and confusing, with the last scene creating new questions to the audience. So 4 out of 10, because I expected more from it.

I watched it because of Alex O'Loughlin. And because of him, and because of some funny moments, it was not a waste of time. The idea is not bad, but it had too many things to say in only one movie, so they all were a little messy. It could be much funnier - since the movie is supposed to be a comedy. Anyway, it was an optimistic fairy-tail about relationships and ever-lasting love.J.Lo is OK - I like her. She is pretty and this kind of romance/comedy movies are a lot like her. But Alex O'Loughlin... He Rocks! He is genuinely cute and expressional, he really looks like "the nice guy" of the fairy-tail. I just cannot wait to see him do more, and better things.