Second Act
STX Entertainment | Release Date: December 21, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
16
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Chandler LevackDec 20, 2018
The film feels as finely tailored to J. Lo as the booty-enhancing pencil skirts she wears throughout the movie: Second Act’s Maya from Queens is our Jenny from the Block. Read full review
75
Original-CinKim HughesDec 20, 2018
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. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattDec 20, 2018
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. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 20, 2018
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. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldDec 20, 2018
It isn’t “Working Girl” — Second Act is more earnest and less funny — but it’s a pleasant enough diversion, helped along immensely by Lopez’s warm screen presence and by a first-rate Sassy Best Friend performance by Leah Remini. Read full review
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