The Back-Up Plan

It was called How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days... or.... Baby Mama... or... I'm getting confused.

Jennifer Lopez's latest flick, the Back-Up plan, is worse than rehashed. It's unoriginal, unfunny and so blatantly unrealistic that my suspension of disbelief may need a mechanic.

I was with it at the beginning. Jen is a beautiful, successful woman who just wants a baby. Yes, just like Tina Fey in Baby Mama. But she's having trouble finding a Daddy, so she gets inseminated.

Then (ain't that just the luck) she meets the man of her dreams. They go on one date, then she finds out she's pregnant. She tells him on her second date, to which he exclaims "How could you hide this from me? I can't believe I trusted you! We've known each other a whole week!" To which she then says, "I'm sorry, I suck!"

Am I missing something?

Then, as she runs off, he proclaims that he will help her and take care of her. Aw, how awesome is that... you just found yourself a baby daddy in about thirty seconds. I have trouble getting a guy to pay for dinner on a second date. But then again, I don't have J Lo's ass.

How does that make any sense? Any man with half a brain would RUN AWAY! Heck, I'm a woman who loves babies, and I was screaming GTFO random hot guy!

Throw in a ridiculous attempt at a crisis which magically resolves itself with no discussion or reason, and you've got yourself a movie!

Skip this, and maybe watch something a little more grounded in reality. I recommend "How to Train Your Dragon", a far more accurate portrayal of the vikings than JLo's rendition of modern motherhood.