The biographical film, which the Bronx diva financed with $16 million, is inspired by her love story with Ben Affleck
The triumphant return of Jennifer Lopez to music and cinema was released this Friday with his new album and the premiere of his new one Biographical film This is me… now: A love storya cinematic hybrid that tells his search for love and so on to inspire in his romance With her husband Ben Affleck. A day after its release, the film received a high score on the portal Rotten tomatoes.
Lopez's audiovisual involvement began in Amazon Prime Video and marked a turning point in the 54-year-old star's career self-financed. With a Investment of 16 million dollarsThis Is Me… Now: A Love Story achieved an 81% rating on the Tomatometer and an impressive public response, reaching 91% positive reactions.
One of about the most talked about scenes and what Chron exclusively revealed showed JLo in one choreography with a Rain jacket brown, reminiscent of the 1950s musical Singin' In the Rain. In addition, the film has the special participation of the rapper Fat Joean old friend and musical collaborator of Lopez's who joins the list of stars who created him Cameos.
After her film's premiere, a clip showed the artist dancing in a brown raincoat as a nod to the 1950s musical “Singin' In the Rain.” Photo credit: Prime Video/Chron
The feature film is only part of one ambitious project the diva, which includes, among other things self-titled album as a sequel to his album 2003, That's me… Thenalso dedicated to Affleck, and the documentary The greatest love story never toldwhich tells the process of creating the film and the recording material.
The film is extravagant and bizarre This is me… now: A love story already reaches that position 1 of the most viewed content on Prime Video USA. Sofia VergaraFat Joe, Jane Fonda, Affleck himselfAmong other things, stars collaborate on this risky bet, which prevails Mythology, science fiction and music.
The film was complicated to understand even for Jenny's team. And the proposal covers so much and to the extreme that to describe it you have to add a series of adjectives one after the other. His great ally was David Meyersa director with whom she collaborated on the video clips for “I'm Real” and “All I Have” and whom the artist described as a “visual genius”.
This Friday, Lopez released her first album in a decade, This Is Me… Now, as part of an ambitious three-product project.
This magnificent project not only reflects López's search for true love, but also celebrates his reunion and almost marrying Affleck two decades later having broken their original commitment.
In an emotional interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lopez confessed that although she initially didn't plan a follow-up to her album This Is Me…, she rediscovered love the actor inspired her to return to music. This is how his desire arose to capture this unique moment through his art: “When Ben and I got back togetherI said, “I want to make music again, I want to get back in the studio.” “I was very, very inspired.”
“After the music was made, it seemed very special to me,” he explained. “I felt like it was really special different than what I had ever done, even though I've written about love my entire career.” The bottom line? The Jenny From The Block singer described it as “more evolved, more healed and more magical.”
JLo confessed that although she didn't originally plan a sequel to “This Is Me… Then,” rediscovering love with Affleck inspired her to return to music. Portal/Mario Anzuoni
The protagonist of Maid in Manhattan also assured that she was staying in one place “vulnerable” after Make fun of yourself and your media love in his new film. In a satire, JLo dropped her secrets and showed herself getting married for the “third time”. in front of the skeptical looks of his friends.
“Half the time I thought, 'This is great!' I'm so excited to do this.' And the other half thought, “Why are you doing this?” You are crazyLopez admitted. “But I think that’s what being an artist is all about, you know, you have to do it. That's the difference between being an artist and being a non-artist, vulnerable that you can become.”