Is A Modern Affair A Backup Plan?

In the film A Modern Affair, the backup plan of the main character, played by Lisa Eichhorn, is to resort to a sperm bank when Mr. Perfect fails to show up in her life. The idea behind this Tribe Pictures film (A Modern Affair! Not The Backup Plan!) directed by Vern Oakley is simple: what if a woman gets pregnant. Then meets the father. Then falls in love with him. While the subject is modern, as its title underlines, it is also timeless: bringing a child to the world, whether by natural or technological means, requires commitment. As does a relationship between a man and a woman. The Backup Plan producers concur, timeless and modern at once is good. Particularly for movies. The concept of The Backup Plan is of course vastly different from A Modern Affair: what if a woman gets pregnant. Then meets a man. Then falls in love with him. We take it as a nod to our film, a kind of homage. Well, Amy Steele thinks The Backup Plan is a straight remake of A Modern Affair (see article). We didn't say it. The Backup Plan is not the only film which followed A Modern Affair in tackling the issue of technology and babies, check out Switch (2010) and Baby Mama (2008).

While the two film share a similar plot, and New York City as the main location, the cast couldn't be more different. To A Modern Affair's subtle Stanley Tucci, hunky Alex O. To our delicate Lisa Eichhorn, JLO. Which couple will pull it more convincingly? The bet is on!

Competition of the month: spot the differences between the two films. You can start with the tag line of the two posters. Win a DVD of A Modern Affair if you identify them all.