Movie Review - Second Act
This is a fish-out-of-water story, which is normally a reliable premise for laughs. Unfortunately, it feels like a half-hearted attempt to re-make a modern take on such classics like Working Girl and Pretty Woman. Or the more recent, and very wonderful The Devil Wears Prada.
A re-envisioning of an old theme would be fine if the film was very funny...but it wasn't. I chuckled here and there, but mostly felt suckered into watching a drama. Everything that's funny was stuck in the trailers, and the rest is a wide detour into a middling mother-and-daughter story.
Anyone who reads my reviews knows I like very few dramas, even the good ones, of which this one is not. This is a fluff piece.
Jennifer Lopez gave it a good old college try, and she's not a bad actor. I'm just not sure she has the gravitas to shoulder an entire movie. I like her best in ensembles.
I don't feel it's necessary to go into the plot, direction, or style, since it's shot like a television sitcom. Second Act was mediocre at best, and I hope there isn't a sequel called Third Act in the works.
Average movie. Wait to stream it.
Grade: C
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