Second Act

Strange times for us all so I’m starting to watch films I never got around to at the cinema, I’m sure there will be all kinds of random choices to come over the coming weeks.

First up the very average Second Act, I’ve always quite liked Jennifer Lopez on screen and she’s absolutely fine in this and there’s the problem, the whole film is fine and all a bit meh..

It’s the classic underdog story, with pretty much every genre cliche box ticked.. it has its moments with a bit of a twist and a surprising incident with some doves, but they are few and far between, the rest is typical Cinderella story stuff, girl wants more, girl gets makeover (background rather than physical in this case), girl proves worth, charade falls down, all works out well in the end..

It wasn’t horrible, but it was formulaic and not funny enough but it was at least virus free for 100 minutes, so it does have that.

I’m sure I’ll see some much better films on my range of streaming services over the coming weeks… heck if not, it’s going to be a long time at home!