Jennifer Lopez stars and the film uses every obvious pregnancy joke in the book, but she fails to connect and the slapstick falls flat.
di Betsy Sharkey The Los Angeles Times
Jennifer Lopez probably doesn't need a backup plan, what with the recording career, Marc Anthony, the cosmetics business and the clothing line. So there's no real worry that the whole acting thing isn't panning out, which her new romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan" only reinforces.
Still, it's a shame since Lopez has an appealing sweetness on screen that seems to have been helped by marriage and motherhood. But despite a lot of practice in films such as "The Wedding Planner" and "Maid in Manhattan," she still hasn't figured out how to connect that sweetness to anyone around her, even when it's the very hunky Alex O'Loughlin, who serves as boyfriend material here. [...]
di Betsy Sharkey, articolo completo (3894 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 23 aprile 2010
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