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The Back-Up Plan
Directed byAlan Poul
Written byKate Angelo
Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Rodney Liber
StarringJennifer Lopez
Alex O'Loughlin
Noureen DeWulf
Melissa McCarthy
Eric Christian Olsen
Distributed byCBS Films
Release date
April 23, 2010
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35 million[1]
Box office$75,847,186 [2]

The Back-Up Plan (previously known as "Plan B") is a romantic comedy film, starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin.[3] It was released in theaters in the US on April 23, 2010 and later in other regions.[4]

Plot

Zoe (Lopez) cannot find the man of her dreams, but wants a child anyway. She undergoes artificial insemination. The same day she meets Stan (O'Loughlin) when they step into a taxi, both claiming to be first. She joins a mutual aid group of single pregnant women. Zoe and Stan fall in love, but Zoe does not tell him about the insemination. It turns out to be successful, she becomes pregnant, but only after some weeks she tells Stan about it. He is first angry that she did not tell him earlier, but later accepts it. He hangs around a children's playing area to imagine how it is to be father, but is suspected to be a pervert; this is soon cleared up. Zoe turns out to be pregnant of twins. Due to a remark of Stan that the twins are not his, Zoe thinks he does not accept to become father of them, and breaks off the relationship. Later she wants to mend it, and Stan accepts.

Cast

Soundtrack and score

The soundtrack and the score were released on March 26, 2010 on iTunes.[5][6] They are available on Amazon.com since April 13, 2010. The soundtrack has various artists, while the score was composed entirely by Stephen Trask.[7]

Soundtrack

  1. "What Is Love?" – Jennifer Lopez (also featured on Love?)
  2. "Say Hey (I Love You)" – Michael Franti & Speerhead
  3. "Fallin' For You" – Colbie Caillat
  4. "Disco Lies" – Moby
  5. "A Beautiful Day" – Indie.Arie
  6. "Key To My Heart" – Jessica Jarrell
  7. "Crabbuckit" – K-os
  8. "Bottles"-VV Brown
  9. "You Me & The Bourgeoisie"- the submarines
  10. "Let's Finish (Sinden Remix)" – Kudu
  11. "Day Dream" -Title Theme From The Back-up Plan" – Stephen Trask
Bonus tracks
  1. "She Drives Me Crazy" – Raney Shockne f/Barbara Perry
  2. "What A Wonderful World" – Raney Shockne f/Barbara Perry

Score

Critical reception

The film was met with generally negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 21% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 120 reviews with an average score of 3.7/10.[8] Its consensus states "Jennifer Lopez is as appealing as ever, but The Back-Up Plan smothers its star with unrelatable characters and a predictable plot."[8] Another review aggretator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average from 0-100 on top reviews of mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 34% based on 32 reviews.[9]

Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review saying, "A winning performance by Jennifer Lopez overcomes a formulaic and predictable rom-com that involves a planned pregnancy."[10] The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis wrote that the film is "not very good" and "bland".[11] Amy Biancolli of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the cast in her review writing "Lopez does a fine job mortifying herself in pursuit of physical humor, shifting her center of gravity in more ways than one. O'Loughlin, in the blander role, acts hurt or shocked or besotted where required, but the supporting players nearly steal the show."[12] Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 1/4 stars, claiming the film "plays like an unendurable TV commercial about beautiful people with great lifestyles and not a thought in their empty little heads."[13]

Box office

The Back-Up Plan earned a disappointing $4,200,000 in 3,280 theaters on its Friday début, but managed to make number one at the box office.[14][15] It dropped to #2 at the weekend box office with an estimated gross of $12,201,710, averaging $3,720 per theater.[16] In its 2nd week it dropped to #4 with $7,3 million. [17] In its 3rd week the film dropped to #5 grossing $5,033,471, averaging $1,676 per theater. [18] The following week it dropped to #6 grossing an estimated $2,465,000, averaging $987 per theater.

As of July 8th it has grossed $75,847,186 world-wide, and is CBS Films' highest-grossing film to date.[19] [20]

References

  1. ^ Horn, John (April 22, 2010). "Movie Projector: 'Dragon' will breathe fire again". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Back-Up Plan (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  3. ^ Siegel, Tatiana, and Michael Fleming. "Jennifer Lopez going with 'Plan B': CBS Films seeking director for project", 'Variety, December 15, 2008
  4. ^ Official website. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
  5. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/be/album/the-back-up-plan-original/id362602252&partnerId=30&siteID=X3Th4gZi_iQ-iaZb2VWmXvU29h419c6rTQ
  6. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/be/album/the-back-up-plan-original/id364086887&partnerId=30&siteID=X3Th4gZi_iQ-_bco1AM5wAQyD_KZ5ugSVQ
  7. ^ "The Back-up Plan: The Back-up Plan: Music". Amazon.com. September 9, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "The Back-Up Plan Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  9. ^ "Back-Up Plan, The reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  10. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (April 7, 2010). "The Back-Up Plan -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Dargis, Manohla (April 22, 2010). "Movie Review - The Back-Up Plan - Love Means Having to Say, 'I Feel ...'". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  12. ^ "Review: 'The Back-Up Plan'". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation, Inc. April 23, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  13. ^ Ebert, Roger (April 21, 2010). "The Back-Up Plan :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". rogerebert.com. Sun-Times Media. Retrieved April 23, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  14. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=backupplan.htm
  15. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2736&p=.htm
  16. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backupplan.htm
  17. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2751&p=.htm
  18. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
  19. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=cbsfilms.htm
  20. ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2010/PLANB.php
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