Second Act is a fish-out-of-water and empowerment story that includes a few surprising twists and turns along the way. Watch it for good entertainment, for good feelings and for a good message, and not just for the starring headliner.

Maya (Jennifer Lopez) has worked for 15 years at the Value Shop #151 store in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York. She has been the assistant manager for the last six years and has made great improvements to the operation. Unfortunately, when it comes time to name a new store manager, the president of Value Shop, Weiskopf (Larry Miller), brings in an outsider and a team builder. Somebody with a college degree. Apparently, Maya's GED doesn't qualify.

She gets the bad news on her 40th birthday. Her boyfriend Trey (Milo Ventimiglia) and her best friend Joan (Leah Remini) throw her a birthday party anyway. Maya's birthday candle wish is to live "in a world where street smarts equal book smarts."

Witnessing this wish, Maya's godson and computer whiz Dilly (Dalton Harrod) quietly sets up an online presence for Maya. He invents an impeccable yet fictitious resume for her, complete with top-of-the-line college and career credentials. The next thing Maya knows, she is invited to a job interview at Franklin & Clarke (F&C), a huge and reputable company for health-care products. She meets with CEO Anderson Clarke (Treat Williams) himself, and she somehow lands a consultancy position that she didn't necessarily want or expect. Wow. Now she has to play the role and live up to her own fabricated reputation. Especially since it seems as though Zoe Clarke (Vanessa Hudgens), Anderson's daughter and one of the VPs of F&C, already has it in for Maya.

What could go wrong? Or right? And when will the truth come out? We know that it will have to.

The casting of actors for this film is VERY good. In addition to the wonderful Leah Remini as Maya's best friend Joan, Maya's other personal cheerleaders are Suzi (Lacretta) and Big Ant (Dierdre Friel). They all show up when needed. At F&C, Zoe's team includes the work-driven characters of Hildy Ostrander (Annaleigh Ashford) and Ron Ebsen (Freddie Stroma). On the other side, Maya's misfit staffers of Ariana (Charlyne Yi) and Chase (Alan Aisenberg) are a perfect and comical match for the project at hand. You should also recognize veteran comedian and character actor Larry Miller here in the role of Weiskopf, the president of Value Shop. (Think of Ike Graham's favorite bartender in Runaway Bride.) Everyone here is who and what you expect them to be.

Second Act should be a simple, inspiring and empowering film for anyone to enjoy, and not just for women or for people of color. It's not strictly a romance, although some romance is here. It's not entirely a comedy, because some parts are indeed serious. It's just a good story, OK? If you missed this movie when it was first released, then maybe it's time for you to catch up with it now. I don't believe that you'll think that your time was wasted.