Second Act

2018
PG-13
1h 43m

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Jennifer Lopez in Second Act (2018)

Jennifer Lopez stars as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.

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Comedy Drama Romance

A big-box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.A big-box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.A big-box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.

Director
- Peter Segal
Writers
- Justin Zackham
- Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Stars

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Director
- Peter Segal
Writers
- Justin Zackham
- Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Storyline

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Trivia
The photo that Maya finds on her Facebook page of her with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama is a real photo from the inaugural ball in Washington DC in January 2009 which Jennifer Lopez attended.

Goofs
During the Ginko trimming scene they trim down until there's only one leaf left, in the next scene there are more leaves on the plant.

Quotes
Maya: I wish we lived in a world where street smarts equals book smarts.

Connections
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Ken Jeong/Vanessa Hudgens/Nicole Byer/Todd Sucherman (2018)

Soundtracks
Something's Got a Hold on Me
Written by Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, and Pearl Woods
Performed by Etta James
Courtesy of Geffen Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User reviews245

Featured review

6/10

How The Heck This Movie Could Get 10 Rating !!

Rating 6.0/10 It is watchable, but the performance of Jennifer Lopez is poor. I don't understand why they rate it 10 ! Are they all paid critics ? What's the point in rating if it is fake ! So disappointing !

ymyuseda
Jan 12, 2019
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Box office

Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $39,282,227
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,489,983
- Dec 23, 2018
Gross worldwide
- $72,294,844

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Technical specs

Runtime
1 hour 43 minutes
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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