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Jennifer Lopez reviews for WTEWYE
"Lopez has some well-acted moments as a woman so intent on having a child that she used 401(k) money to finance in vitro fertilization" --- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"Lopez and Santoro give their adopting couple a nice balance of sizzle and sadness, almost enough to produce a few tears" --- Betsey Sharky, LA Times
"A surprisingly nuanced Jennifer Lopez" --- Lael Loewenstein, Variety
"The performances are somewhat better than the material, especially those of Banks, Kendrick and Lopez" --- Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
"Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro are touching as a couple out to adopt" --- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Banks and Lopez fare best as women longing for motherhood while supporting the maternity-industrial complex" --- Ann Lewison, The Kansas City Star
"Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro [feel real] as a couple whose fears grow as the date of their adoption approaches. Kudos to the movie for including expectant adoptive parents and for the Ethiopian ceremony where they meet their child, which is the film's emotional highlight" --- Chris Hewitt, St Paul Pioneer Press
"Meanwhile, Lopez actually has the movie’s most touching scene when she goes to [Ethiopia] to meet the child whose life she’ll change" --- Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
"As they participate in an African adoption ritual, Lopez and Garcia are moving" --- Philadelphia Inquirer
"Lopez has some well-acted moments as a woman so intent on having a child that she used 401(k) money to finance in vitro fertilization" --- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"Lopez and Santoro give their adopting couple a nice balance of sizzle and sadness, almost enough to produce a few tears" --- Betsey Sharky, LA Times
"Whatever Lopez has always had, she’s still got it; she’s the only one who gets to show a variety of emotions, and the scene where she and Santoro get their baby is the sole authentically touching moment in the film" --- Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
"Lopez and Kendrick [are the] standouts here" --- Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's Pick
"the charming Lopez" --- Shannon Vestal, buzzsugar.com
"J.Lo, too turns in a decent performance" --- Karina Mitchell, WKYC
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i want to see the scene they're talking about.
