Synopsis
Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does; she is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results. When she loses the job to a college-educated candidate, Maya sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts -- and it's never too late for a second act.
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Cast
- Jennifer LopezMaya
- Vanessa HudgensZoe
- Leah ReminiJoan
- Milo VentimigliaTrey
- Treat WilliamsAnderson Clarke
- Charlyne YiAriana
- Annaleigh AshfordHildy Ostrander
- Alan AisenbergChase
- Freddie StromaRon Ebsen
- Dave FoleyFelix Richter
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
What’s fun is just watching Lopez and her supporting cast — including her real-life best friend Remini, Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford as her tightly wound coworker, and a loopy Charlyne Yi as her phobic new assistant — move through the scenes so easily. - 75
Original-Cin
If you are someone inclined to head to the theatre specifically to see the new Jennifer Lopez rom-com, you will get exactly the movie you hope for. And you will be happy. - 70
Variety
Even though Second Act shouldn’t work, it does (sort of). It’s got flow, a certain knowing ticky-tackiness about its own contrivances. You know you’re watching a connect-the-dots comedy, but the dots sparkle. And Lopez gives her first star performance in a while. Age has enriched her talent; she brings curlicues of experience to every scene. - 60
Arizona Republic
It's clear this movie is for a certain audience, but at least the film embraces its genre and the jokes stick the landing. It's definitely worth a watch for fans of movies with an early 2000s rom-com aesthetic. - 58
IndieWire
Second Act never recovers from its big reveal, a cataclysmic (and nearly catastrophic) piece of narrative nuttiness that derails every scene, every performance, every subsequent revelation. - 55
TheWrap
It feels like a confused puppy, caught between a stale script and a very confused storyline that frequently loses focus. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
So, there you have it, a bad good movie, or a good bad movie, but a very decent Jennifer Lopez movie. - 50
The New York Times
This is Jenny from the blah.
