The Back-up Plan
I actually wanted to see this movie and had planned to send for it on my Netflix. But yesterday my Mom had a free code for a Redbox and so we decided on this new Jennifer flick. It started out interestingly enough with cute beginning credits. The first scene takes place in the doctor's office where Jennifer Lopez or Zoe, as her characters name is, is being inseminated. There was a great meet-cute and then we are off into the hectic romance of Zoe and the soon-to-be baby daddy. Unfortunately because they are trying to fit a whole nine months into a one hour film it tends to feel a little rushed and there are a few things that don't really get explained. The film makers made up for it a little bit with cute/funny moments that I'm sure are true about pregnancy and relationships but there were moments that were so appalling and sometimes too over the top that it was hard to keep a straight face. The birth scene of one of the single-mothers made me more than blush and gasp. I think we had enough of those horrible birth videos in high school that we don't need the almost graphic scene in something we are meant to find enjoyment in.
Not to mention the 'sex' scene in the very beginning was just horrible to sit through with my own dear mother watching it with me. Uncomfortable to say the least.
Over all something that was entertaining to see once, probably something I will never own, and be sure to watch it with someone you are not embarrassed to watch it with. :)
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