The Back-Up Plan Research Paper
Tick! Tock! Yikes! It's My Biological Clock! The Back-Up Plan a film starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin directed by Alan Poul is a romantic comedy with many laugh out loud moments. The film has a plot that is fresh and from my research, is a cinematic original. Its unique plot has a light-hearted romantic appeal but with a stunning twist. The Back-Up Plan is a fun and entertaining movie that changes the traditional and predictable scenario of dating, love, marriage and family by starting the cycle in reverse. Romance and comedy is abundant in, The Back-Up Plan. Movie romance typically means a chick-flick film. San Francisco Chronicle hearst movie writer Amy Biancolli disagrees, stating “… their story goes way, way beyond standard
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She is tired of waiting for Mr. Right to show up, yet he never does, so she is fearful her dream of having a family is quickly fading. To make sure her dream of having at least one child comes true, Zoe proceeds with her backup plan and decides to take the matters into her own hands and body and elects to be artificially inseminated. However, as fate would have it, on the very day of the insemination procedure, she had a serendipitous moment with a man trying to take the same taxi cab outside her doctor’s office building. The handsome gentleman named "Stan", portrayed by Alex O’Loughlin, is a successful goat cheese farmer. He is good looking and charming, but at first, Zoe tries to pass it off as nothing but coincidence, but Stan did catch Zoe's eye. Yet, they bump into each other again and again …show more content…
There are a variety of clumsy and weird situations that happen along this hilarious journey. Critic Biancolli opines that, “Lopez does a fine job of mortifying herself in pursuit of physical humor to shifting her center of gravity in more ways than one." On Zoe and Stan’s first date, a drink gets spilled and a water hose fight ensues. There is also a very funny, yet over the top and outrageous water birthing scene. There is plenty of comedic attention to Zoe’s bouts with morning sickness, uncontrollable sex urges, disgusting food cravings and a body pillow to round out the
She is tired of waiting for Mr. Right to show up, yet he never does, so she is fearful her dream of having a family is quickly fading. To make sure her dream of having at least one child comes true, Zoe proceeds with her backup plan and decides to take the matters into her own hands and body and elects to be artificially inseminated. However, as fate would have it, on the very day of the insemination procedure, she had a serendipitous moment with a man trying to take the same taxi cab outside her doctor’s office building. The handsome gentleman named "Stan", portrayed by Alex O’Loughlin, is a successful goat cheese farmer. He is good looking and charming, but at first, Zoe tries to pass it off as nothing but coincidence, but Stan did catch Zoe's eye. Yet, they bump into each other again and again …show more content…
There are a variety of clumsy and weird situations that happen along this hilarious journey. Critic Biancolli opines that, “Lopez does a fine job of mortifying herself in pursuit of physical humor to shifting her center of gravity in more ways than one." On Zoe and Stan’s first date, a drink gets spilled and a water hose fight ensues. There is also a very funny, yet over the top and outrageous water birthing scene. There is plenty of comedic attention to Zoe’s bouts with morning sickness, uncontrollable sex urges, disgusting food cravings and a body pillow to round out the