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Second Act Movie Review

Name: Second Act Movie Review
Item: Second Act
Rating: 3
Author: Pradip Bhat

Second Act Movie Review English Movie Review

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Review for the film " Second Act"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 44 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 11-01-2019

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Similar To: Why Him?, Results, The Big Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

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CAST & CREW

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Vanessa Hudgens

Michael Andrews

Jennifer Lopez

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Producer:

Benny Medina

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas

Jennifer Lopez

Justin Zackham

Peter Segal

Music Director:

Michael Andrews

Editor:

Jason Gourson

Director:

Peter Segal

Supporting Actress:

Jennifer Lopez

Vanessa Hudgens

Art Director:

Jordan Jacobs

Co-Producer:

Alexandra Brown

Director of Photography:

Ueli Steiger

Visual Effects Producer:

Katherine Soares

Still Photographer:

Barry Wetcher

empty:

Joel D Catalan

Jeffrey J Haboush

Screenplay Writer:

Justin Zackham

Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas

Gaffer:

Eric Boncher

Foley Artist:

Anita Cannella

Production Designer:

Richard Hoover

Makeup Artist:

Louise McCarthy

Joanna McCarthy

Jill McKay

Hair Stylist:

Mandy Lyons

Gina Leone

Stunt Performer:

Riley Barnes

Dean Neistat

Dejay Roestenberg

Jaime Miller

Digital Compositor:

Nikolce Jovanovski

Compositor:

Fabio Pires

Visual Effects Artist:

Cris Meira

Set Dresser:

Mark Skversky

Marisa Umsawasdi

Laura Wallgren

Jimmy Hays

Sound Mixer:

Anthony Ortiz

Thomas Varga

Sound Editor:

Daniel Pagan

Fred Rosenberg

Graphic Designer:

Brian Lee Boyce

Supporting Actor:

Dierdre Friel

Elizabeth Masucci

John James Cronin

Kelly P Williams

Kenneth Lee

Larry Miller

Maria Di Angelis

Meng Ai

Natasha Romanova

Phil Nee

Ruben Navarro

Dave Foley

Dalton Harrod

Treat Williams

Milo Ventimiglia

Leah Remini

Freddie Stroma

Dan Bucatinsky

Annaleigh Ashford

Alan Aisenberg

Alex Perez

Angel Christian Roman

Anna Suzuki

Candace Smith

Tiffany Eatz

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Plot

In Second Act, Maya Vargas works as assistant manager of the Value Shop store. She worked there for 15 years. During her job period, she managed improved sales, customer relations, and general store culture because of her intuitive and innovative ideas. She always wishes to be promoted to manager. Everyone around, like her boyfriend Trey, co-workers, and several regular customers, tell her that she will become a manager. Unfortunately, she is not selected by her boss. Her boss, Mr. Weiskopf, tells her they appreciate her work and success, but she is just a high school graduate, and the company requires a college graduate. Maya becomes disappointed about it. She, with the help of her friend’s son, makes a Fake Resume. In her fake resume, they wrote Harvard degree and world traveler. It leads to her selection in a large cosmetics company. What will happen to Maya? Will she give up her dreams? The rest of the story deals with it.

Star Performance

Jennifer Lopez, as Maya DaVilla, did an incredible performance in the film. She shows a strong woman who wants success in her career. Her determination to fight against the odds was well portrayed. Milo Ventimiglia, as Trey, did a fantastic performance in the movie. He shows the audience a cute boyfriend who is supportive of his girlfriend. His combination with Jenifer represents a happy romantic couple. Their chemistry was fantastic. Vanessa Hudgens as Zoe Clarke was brilliant. She portrayed pretty well how a great businessperson works. Her respect for Maya was well shown. Towards the film’s end, the audience will love her relationship with Maya. Leah Remini as Joan and Treat Williams as Anderson Clarke did preformed remarkable in the movie. All the other actors were as good as the main lead actors.

Analysis

The storyline of the film was great, enjoyable, and dramatic –the film focus on the importance of street smartness. The film is based on how women struggle in jobs during their forties, where more matter is on academics than their skills. From the start till the end, the audience will love the story. The costume design was brilliant. The background music and songs play a significant role in the movie. The dialogues were excellent. The script was great but not well executed. The comic elements were good. The story seems to be expected. The character development was poorly portrayed. At a certain point in time, the film becomes boring. The dramatic elements were enjoyable. There was a great flow in the storyline but not well executed.

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