The comedy part leaves a lot to be desired and as for the romantic scenes of the film, there are too many well-known clichés, which is why The Back-up Plan fails to stand out in the genre. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Mar 13, 2024

The Back-Up Plan is inoffensive but inert. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 4, 2022

Imagine Knocked Up - only without any wit, charm, honesty, pathos or like-ability. It's almost impressive.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | May 19, 2021

It's the kind of movie where the Rom Com Script Generator (TM) spits out dreaded exchanges like: "You're not making any sense." "No, all of a sudden everything makes sense." It's not that it's bad exactly, it's just that we've seen it all before.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Ultimately, the film crumbles under the weight of its formulaic storylines and cookie cutter conflicts.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

And while yes, while you will laugh and yes, while you will cry at THE BACK-UP PLAN, you most definitely will find yourself thinking of your own back-up plan after seeing THE BACK-UP PLAN.

| Nov 7, 2019

Lopez could have chosen a better comeback project than The Back-up Plan. Despite her best efforts, this romantic comedy is pretty dreadful, with a silly sitcom-like plot that even Lopez can't overcome.

| Original Score: C- | May 10, 2019

But by the time 104 minutes of off-putting pregnancy dramas are up, you may wonder if the film's goal isn't so much about entertainment as population control.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Just as in sitcoms, every conflict and resolution often takes place here within the very same scene.

| Dec 23, 2014

The Back-Up Plan has all of the cliches of a bad rom com, but it's not enough to fall into that formula. It also tries to be a raunch fest

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 5, 2014

Has an intriguing concept, but with tired jokes, dumb characters and uninspired direction, the execution is botched all around making for a perfect example of all that's bad with the romantic comedy genre.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 7, 2013

Alan Poul's "The Back-Up Plan" is another film in a long line of films that are formulaic to the bone, containing little to no originality, all while following around characters that we could care less about.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 24, 2012

| Original Score: D | Feb 18, 2012

Yes, you will get to see Lopez eat chili with her bare hands, but that's only half as disgusting as a close-up on a pregnancy test sinking into a pile of fresh dog vomit.

| Feb 10, 2012

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Nothing to see for anyone who's already viewed their fair share of formulaic romantic comedies.

| Aug 15, 2011

| Original Score: D | May 6, 2011

...comes off as an almost prototypical example of a modern romantic comedy...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 18, 2011

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 4, 2011

This movie feels just like J-Lo's 'Back-Up Plan'.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2010