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Movie Review - Second Act (2019)

Second Act stars Jennifer Lopez as Maya Vargas, a newly turned 40 year old who is up for a big promotion at the value grocery store that she has worked at for the last 15 years. She is utterly disappointed when she is overlooked for the position and the company decides to go in a different direction, despite her being the best choice. Things change when Maya gets an interview with a company that seems way out of her league. The CEO of the company (Treat Williams) is very impressed with her and her resume, which has been altered by her best friend's son to help give her a leg up in getting a better job. Once she is offered a position she must go toe to toe with Vice President of the company (Vanessa Hudgens) to see who can make the most cost effective product. There's nothing here that hasn't already been done in hundreds of other romantic comedies. You have a character who gets into a situation caused by a lie and from the moment that happens it's pretty easy to fi...