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The Back-up Plan

2010 · 106 min · Director: Alan Poul ★ IMDb 5.3 · 55,252 ratings

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Zoe has always had difficulty letting anyone into her life; she has a habit of pushing people away whenever they get close. Now she wants to have a baby but has no man in her life, so she decides to be artificially inseminated. Shortly after having the procedure, she meets a guy called Stan and feels a spark. When she tells him about her pregnancy she thinks he will bail, but he stays.

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The Back-up Plan (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Happiness 30%, Love 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Love
20%Humor
  1. Love25%
  2. Humor20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Happiness, Love, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Love
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
Love
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor48 %48 %5 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor45 %45 %8 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %43 %13 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor44 %44 %16 %1 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor45 %44 %23 %1 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor46 %41 %25 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor48 %39 %21 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Humor50 %34 %24 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension54 %31 %24 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Humor53 %39 %19 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Humor49 %46 %16 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Humor46 %44 %15 %9 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Humor46 %35 %21 %11 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sadness50 %31 %25 %9 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Humor56 %31 %16 %4 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness59 %29 %16 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Relief59 %34 %36 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Love68 %39 %60 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Love73 %41 %56 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Humor67 %50 %32 %22 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Anthony Anderson

Playground Dad

TB
Tom Bosley

Arthur

DA
Danneel Ackles

Olivia

Robert Klein

Dr. Scott Harris

LL
Linda Lavin

Nana

CB
Carlease Burke

Tabitha

AB
Amy Block

Sara

JE
Jennifer Elise Cox

Baby Store Sales Clerk

AR
Adam Rose

Louis

CM
Cesar Millan

Cesar Millan

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Peggy Miley

Shirley

SM
Sadie May Beebe

Dakota

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Logan Lauriston

Mack

Details

Directed by
Alan Poul
Written by
Kate Angelo
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.3 · 55,252 ratings
Feels mostly
Happiness
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