This Is Me... Now (2024)

IMDb plot summary: This narrative-driven odyssey that coincides with the release of her same-named album tells the story of Jennifer Lopez's journey to love through her own eyes.

Directed by Dave Meyers. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Fat Joe, and Jane Fonda.

This Is Me... Now is Jennifer Lopez's visual interpretation of her newest album, and is essentially a series of music videos smushed together with a clumsy plot. We follow our lead character, played by Lopez, as she tries to find love, shares her weird music video dreams with her therapist, and goes to treatment for love addiction. The music videos are fun, with some good visuals and some catchy songs, but trying to pretend there's a cinematic throughline here is absolute nonsense. It doesn't hold together at all and would be much more enjoyable without this clumsy plot trying to say... *something* about J. Lo's life (it's so poorly put together that it's hard to even really know what she's trying to communicate). It all just comes off as pretentious, throwing a bunch of vague tropes at the screen and assuming they'll take on a greater meaning. I could definitely rewatch some of the individual numbers, but there's no reason for them to be put together like this. It makes each one of them less interesting.

How it entered my Flickchart:

This Is Me... Now < Pete's Dragon (1977)

This Is Me... Now < K-19: The Widowmaker

This Is Me... Now > Michael Clayton

This Is Me... Now > X-Men: The Last Stand

This Is Me... Now < Deceived

This Is Me... Now < Batman Begins

This Is Me... Now > The Color of Pomegranates

This Is Me... Now > The Life of David Gale

This Is Me... Now < 42nd Street

This Is Me... Now > Highlander

This Is Me... Now > The Westing Game

Final spot: #3158 out of 3951, or 20%.