Tom Bosley

No Redeeming Quality to Jennifer Lopez’s ‘The Back-up Plan’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 23, 2010 - 9:35am

CHICAGO – “The Back-up Plan,” starring Jennifer Lopez, is spectacularly bad. Filled with leaden, supposedly comedic lines, stupid generalities and no basis in reality, this film ranks first in class for worst of 2010 so far.

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