3.8 Score

2010 • 1h 46min • PG-13 • Comedy, Romance

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"Fall in love, get married, have a baby. Not necessarily in that order."

When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

IMDb 5.3

RT 17%

MC 34

Director

Alan Poul

Writer

Kate Angelo

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Jennifer Lopez

Zoe

Alex O'Loughlin

Stan

Michaela Watkins

Mona

Eric Christian Olsen

Clive

Anthony Anderson

Playground Dad

Noureen DeWulf

Daphne

Melissa McCarthy

Carol

Tom Bosley

Arthur

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Jennifer Lopez Zoe

Alex O'Loughlin Stan

Michaela Watkins Mona

Eric Christian Olsen Clive

Anthony Anderson Playground Dad

Noureen DeWulf Daphne

Melissa McCarthy Carol

Tom Bosley Arthur

Maribeth Monroe Lori

Danneel Ackles Olivia

Robert Klein Dr. Scott Harris

Linda Lavin Nana

Carlease Burke Tabitha

Amy Block Sara

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