Second Act of JLo’s Career: Back to the Beginning

Now that romantic comedies seem to be making their grand reentry into the theater (including the movies that make fun of the tropes, like Isn’t It Romantic is proclaiming to), it seems like the time was ripe for one of the rom-com queens to start making movies again. But that isn’t necessarily the movie she falls back into, since Second Act isn’t really a rom-com. The title of the movie may be appropriate for Jennifer Lopez’s current place in the film industry – she worked her way up with the rom-coms, took a break to try her hand at serious material, and now is ready for the second half of her career. Sure, she’s banking on the feelings from her first half films in order to get started, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Will Second Act be the classic that her old films are? Maybe not, but it’s a start, and it could be a sign of where film could be heading (as well as an idea of how to do movies without resorting to reboots and sequels).