Fact: Jennifer Lopez’s film career is not as successful as her music career. However, the star started right in front of the camera. But if to the general public “Jenny From The Block” is first and foremost a singer before an actress, that’s because the American often collected bad, even very bad, movies.
One of the most recent, Atlas, may have pleased Netflix in terms of audience, but the result was widely criticized by the press and viewers. The Hollywood Reporter writes that this is a great movie to watch out of the corner of your eye “while washing a candle.” But Jennifer Lopez is not all turnips. Here is the proof in five examples:
Queens (2019)
All this came out of an article that appeared in the columns of New York magazine. Journalist Jessica Pressler tells the story of how a group of strippers tricked powerful men on Wall Street to keep themselves above water. The movie tells this completely insane story, a crossover between Showgirls and Ocean’s Eleven, sporting and especially compelling Jennifer Lopez.
The Cell (2000)
The world of Indian director Tarsem Singh is unique. In 2000, he came to the world with the thriller The Cell, in which Jennifer Lopez, as an FBI agent, enters the mind of a comatose serial killer. The result is one of the weirdest and weirdest films of the early 2000s that is sure to blow the minds of viewers.
Out of reach (1998)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney graced the screens in the elusive picture. Explosive and more charming than ever, the duo consists of an escaped robber and a US marshal, both trapped in the trunk of a car. Suffice it to say, the tension is at its height. A chance for J-Lo to put on one of her best performances ever.
U-Turn (1997)
Another important duet in Jennifer Lopez’s career is the duet she forms with Sean Penn in U-Turn directed by Oliver Stone. The story of a man chased by the mafia who ends up in a village that gets him into a lot of trouble. The atmosphere is crazy, there is no shortage of dark humor and Jennifer Lopez – who is just starting her acting career – is surprising.
selena (1997)
It was this role that exposed Jennifer Lopez to the general public. Two years after the tragic death of singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who was killed by a former fan and the manager of a store associated with the artist, the film is being released. Jennifer Lopez, who was a professional dancer at the time, was cast as the female lead, nicknamed the “Mexican Madonna”. A biographical film that embodies an entire era and in which J-Lo shines for the first time.
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