Film review - The Back-up Plan


Finding a new twist for romantic comedy is a bit like the holy grail for Hollywood screenwriters, and The Back-Up Plan manages to be both traditional and modern in achieving this.
At base it is really the old rom-com staple: boy-girl-meet-love-misunderstanding-separate-reconcile-happy ever after. To which screenwrite Kate Angelo adds her X-factor, the comparatively recente phenomenon of in vitro fertilisation, adding some new wrinkles to the familiar scenario.

Jennifer Lopez is appealing as Zoe, a pet store owner who feels life is passing her by. Desperate to have...

The Back-Up Plan - Alex O’Loughlin interview


AUSTRALIAN actor Alex O’Loughlin talks about bonding with Jennifer Lopez and disastrous first dates while promoting his new rom-com, The Back-Up Plan, as well as the appeal of the movie itself.

He also discusses his future, including landing the role of Steve McGarett in the new Hawaii Five-O TV series…


Q. What appealed to te about The Back-Up Plan?
Alex O’Loughlin: Of course, it always starts with the script and the script was very well balanced and I thought it was funny. I laughed out loud in a bunch of different places… the same places...