Second Act

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I didn’t expect to like Second Act. I didn’t expect Second Act to be good. But I definitely didn’t expect Second Act to be so monumentally stupid.

It shouldn’t be too much to expect the writers of a big studio release to do some research and get at least up to a basic level of knowledge on the major plot points of their film. But that clearly IS too much to expect, because Second Act, a film about an outsider crashing the 1%’s corporate party, literally gets everything wrong about business when, after taking some creative liberties with her online profiles, Jennifer Lopez’s character, an assistant manager at a grocery store, secures a consultancy at a fake multinational company. A fake multinational company which seems to have its own skyscraper in Manhattan and which has made numerous questionable decisions, including having its R&D located in the same Manhattan skyscraper at its executive offices, categorically banning the use of non disclosure agreements, and making product decisions based on thirty-second presentations from two teams of four pitted against each other in a spontaneous three-month-long competition at the insistence of Lopez’s main rival. None of those things would or could ever happen because they are insane, but they happen in Second Act because that’s what the plot requires.

If that wasn’t infuriating enough, Second Act ALSO gets everything wrong about parenting, teen pregnancy, abortion and adoption, which should probably be tagged with a spoiler alert if I thought anyone would care.

And just in case I hadn’t been turned off by those shortcomings, Second Act throws in some needlessly cheap “comedy” including Jennifer Lopez taking a tumble during what should be a triumphant exit, and an exploding flock of doves released during Team Lopez’s product presentation.

Please don’t reward Second Act’s laziness and idiocy like I accidentally did after failing to find something for us to watch on Netflix earlier this week. I know you are better than that and will continue to say “no” to monumental stupidity. Say “no” to Second Act.

11 thoughts on “Second Act”

  3. Liz A.

    That’s the first thing that turns me off in a movie (or a book). Screamingly obvious inaccuracies. And the plot doesn’t even sound good enough to make up for the inaccuracies. Ugh.

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  5. Christopher

    If I were the sort to be inclined toward conspiracy theories I’d think that “a film about an outsider crashing the 1%’s corporate party” was purposely wrecked. After all it’s an interesting premise that could say a lot about class and money and the power of business.
    However I know better than to attribute to malice what’s better explained by stupidity.

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  7. Orca Flotta

    The most pressing question for me: Who the fuk watches those kind of movies??? I mean how bored and stupid must one be to purposely watch shit like this?

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