Halftime
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 14, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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4
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0
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80
NMENick LevineJul 15, 2022
In a way, it’s a shame the film ends with a basic boilerplate listing Lopez’s record sales, box office receipts and social media following. By this point, Halftime has done more than enough to show us that its subject is very much the real deal. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJun 17, 2022
Halftime is no warts-and-all exposé. It’s an unapologetically pro-Lopez project, revealing only what the star wants her fans and skeptics to know about how she’s dealt with her many career disappointments. But Lopez has been such a powerful cultural presence that she’s earned this kind of tribute. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJun 14, 2022
Instead of leaving viewers with a better or more informed idea of what makes her tick as a person and as an artist, "Halftime" feels more like a ruthlessly efficient election ad for a political campaign that was decided a long time ago. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 14, 2022
Even with all that success and a number of high-profile romances, Lopez has maintained a tight control over her image (like most stars on that level), and this is probably as close as her fans are going to get to a revealing filmed biography. Read full review
50
The New York TimesChris AzzopardiJun 14, 2022
In Halftime, she is seen in top J. Lo form, an empowering Hollywood icon with an inspirational story to share. Is that reason enough to watch this scattershot portrait? It depends on if she had your love to begin with. Read full review
90
TheWrapDan CallahanJun 10, 2022
The ultimate meaning of Lopez’s life and career is still up in the air, a status suggested by the title Halftime. At one point here Lopez frankly discusses the various personas she has tried on, one of which she refers to as “Don’t write me off.” And we shouldn’t. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 9, 2022
Halftime is often hagiography, but a keen and sympathetic one too, designed to humanize a tabloid-headline life and remind us once again that where she comes from (the Block, the boogie-down Bronx) is as integral to her success as beauty or talent or sheer tenacity. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 9, 2022
Halftime justly salutes Lopez’s pride in her achievements, but it’s every bit as much a salute to her brand management. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJun 9, 2022
Halftime includes moments of disarming sincerity, when it seems like the doc and its subject, despite their cautiousness, are genuinely reaching for the truth. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandJun 9, 2022
Micheli’s film is less than artful, scattered with limited talking heads (mostly Lopez’s business partners and her mother, briefly), random flashbacks, occasional archival footage, and a series of short sequences that could frame their own films (particularly quick-cut segments about Lopez’s early years, her treatment by the press, the obsession with her body, the constant tabloid attention), but none of that is the draw: it’s Lopez. Read full review
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