![]() En route to that rusty hinge, the screenplay by Justin Zackham and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas follows Maya (Lopez), longtime assistant manager of an outer-borough big box store. “Second Act” hinges on a significant reveal around the midpoint, and it’s a lulu in the worst way: preposterously coincidental, outrageously contrived. Here’s the quickie review: Good cast, nearly hopeless script. The borough’s still got the stuff.Īnd even a weak mashup such as “Second Act,” in which Jennifer Lopez recombines bits of “Working Girl” with pieces of her own 2002 “Maid in Manhattan,” might placate a few moviegoers. ![]() ![]() Nobody can deny it: New York City and environs have been very good for American popular song lyricists as well as every new generation’s cinematic fairy tales. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. ![]()
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