“This Is Me…Now: A Love Story” is a romantic drama musical film based on Jennifer Lopez’s ninth album.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- This Is Me… Now: A Love Story is a 2024 romantic drama musical film
- It is based on Jennifer Lopez’s ninth studio album, This Is Me… Now (2024)
- Directed by Dave Meyers
- Written by Lopez and Matt Walton
- Based on the story Lopez, Meyers and Chris Shafer conceived
- This Is Me… Now: A Love Story stars Lopez
- Alongside an ensemble cast featuring Fat Joe, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Sofía Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Shetty, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Derek Hough, and Ben Affleck
- Additionally serving as a visual album, This Is Me… Now: A Love Story is stylized around a fictional narrative loosely based on Lopez’s marriage to Affleck and her trials as a “serial romantic”
- The film is a component of a three-part multimedia project produced by Lopez about her publicly scrutinized love life
- She also financed the project for $20 million
- Despite concerns from her team
- The official trailer for This Is Me… Now: A Love Story was released on January 17, 2024
- It sparked a polarizing media discourse
- Some journalists felt “confused” by the plot
- While others commended its unconventional approach to musical films
- The film premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 12, 2024
- It was released worldwide alongside its parent album on February 16
- The musical film was released via Amazon Prime Video
- It received positive reviews from critics
- Most of whom admired the production design, cinematography, Lopez’s performance, and the film’s “chaotic” ambition
- Although some found it to be nothing more than a commercial for its companion album
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 79% rating
- Based on 34 critics’ reviews
- According to Lopez, the film has a humorous tone
- According to Nuyorican Productions, the film went overbudget and this was challenging to Lopez self-financing the project
- A number of celebrities were approached to star in the film
- Khloe Kardashian turned it down
- According to Lopez, early in the album’s production finance for the project was pulled
- Lopez debated just filming a single video and before ultimately deciding to do the full visual companion (This Is Me Now… A Love Story)
- In the end, the project was self-financed
- Lopez’s production partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas thought she was crazy to self-finance the project
- But understood the importance of the story to both Lopez and the album
- The script was written by Lopez’s husband, actor Ben Affleck, Matt Walton, Dave Meyers (who also directed it) and Chris Shafer
- According to Lopez, once the album was complete it felt special and “like a moment” so “throwing a video out” did not feel right
- She called Meyers to play him and sing him some of the music
