There are certain entertainers that treat their careers like an athlete or a business-person stuck in an arts world. That's Lopez. Not a diss on her, but it does make her competitiveness & desire to climb the ladder feel sadly misplaced & bound to disappoint. Yet despite this being a sweaty, calculated vanity project meant to engender us to her, it works as an entertaining, in-depth Hollywood portrait. The decision to focus so much time on her Oscar hopes was inspired & emotionally suspenseful.
Review of Halftime
