While I have never been a huge fan of Jennifer Lopez, I've always thought she was a decent actress and screen presence. I do not consider her a great singer by any means, but she is at least entertaining in the things she's done in the past.
This? Not entertaining at all. I'm pretty sure J-Lo did not mean to make a comedy, but yet I could not stop laughing at how ridiculous and self-absorbed she came off here. This is the very definition of a self-funded vanity project.
J-Lo has always been accused of being a diva, and this seems to be her attempt to try and come off as more humble, vulnerable, and relatable. Unfortunately, that is not how it comes off. In fact, it comes off as a dishonest portrayal of who she is.
First of all, J-Lo also acts like she came from extremely humble beginnings, yet as I can attest, the school she went to was fairly expensive even in the 1970s and 1980s. That school was Preston High School, and my aunt graduated three years ahead of her (1984). Is J-Lo a hard worker who got way beyond the Bronx? Sure, I suppose, but she acts like she came from absolutely nothing, which is not quite the case.
I don't get the sense here that she and Ben Affleck are soulmate at all. In fact, I don't think they are even in love. I just sense tension between the two.
It's strange that for over 10 years, Ben's marriage with Jennifer Garner was kept pretty private and that one of the reasons he split from J-Lo was supposedly the media attention. Yet, what does he do as soon almost as he's divorced from Jen Garner? Runs right back to J-Lo. It tells me he is truly just as desperate for the fame and attention as she is, but Jen Garner probably was not. Either that or neither can accept that it's not 2003 anymore and people aren't as interested in them.
In a lot of ways, this documentary confirms what a lot of people already think of J-Lo instead of refuting the perception.
