This Is Me… Now movie review

MOVIE TITLE: This Is Me… Now: A Love Story

RATING: R (language)

LENGTH: 1 hour 5 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW MOM GRADE: C

IN A NUTSHELL:

This short feature film is a self-reflective look and musical montage about how Jennifer Lopez tried to find love while on a journey to love herself. It’s absolutely stunning to look at with powerful music and coincides with the release of Jennifer Lopez’s new album of the same now. Wow, talk about a marketing gimmick!

Jennifer Lopez fans will probably get a kick out of this vanity project. It’s not going to resonate with most others. She co-wrote it, stars in it, and paid for the whole enchilada herself.

The film was directed by Dave Meyers, who also contributed to the story.

THINGS I LIKED:

Congratulations to Jennifer for all of her decades of success. She’s beautiful in this and has proven that she can figure out new ways to cash in on her talents and tabloid relationships.
The cast is packed with big names like Jane Fonda, Ben Affleck, Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Post Malone, Sofia Vergara, Keke Palmer, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Derek Hough, and so many more!
Jennifer Lopez explained in a documentary, “It’s not anything that’s been done before. It’s not quote a long-form music video, and it’s not quite a movie. It’s somewhere in between.” The album was created first and then she wanted to present the music visually in this film. The album is kind of the twin of her older album “This is me…then.”
The choreography by Luther Brown is absolutely fantastic and hits hard. Even better are the dancers who bring it to life in dynamic ways.
There’s a lot of humor that made me laugh at loud. Some of the lines are funny by themselves, but it’s often the person who speaks the line that makes it funnier.
The set designs are unbelievably gorgeous, dripping with money. The budget for this film was an enormous, self-financed $20 million!
Impressive CGI and visual effects by a very large team. The introduction lets you instantly know that great attention to detail has been designed in the film.
The luscious costume design was by Mariel Haenn, Kelly Johnson, and Rob Zangardi.
I’ve been to Puerto Rico, but I had never heard of the hummingbird/flower love story about Alida and Taroo. Have you?
I wonder how long they had to wait for it to rain to film the street scene. It didn’t look like a set but, instead, a real street in a city.
Technically, the movie ends at only 53 minutes, but keep watching during the rolling credits to see some more funny clips. Most of them are during the first part of the rolling credits, but there is one more at the very, very end.
If you enjoy this, you’ll be happy to know that there is a documentary about how this film was made with behind-the-scenes clips, a look at her past events, and honest commentary with Jennifer, herself. It’s called The Greatest Love Story Never Told.