A scattershot and largely anodyne portrayal of the actress-singer that snatches enough intimate moments to just about pass muster as more than PR fluff.

| Sep 19, 2023

There is an irony here that Ms. “Jenny from the Block” is trying to win sympathy by saying “Despite all my riches, I don’t have an Oscar. Life is so unfair.”

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 26, 2022

Attempting to make us feel bad about someone whose net worth is $400 million currently is an overreach. Halftime's biggest merit resides in how close it comes to evoking that without manipulation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 25, 2022

I was most struck by just how much of a reflection and cipher Lopez has become of Latinas at large. It’s partly that work ethic... But hard work can only do so much, which Latinas know in our bones as well.

| Jul 15, 2022

Lopez is an undeniably charismatic performer, and viewers will leave HALFTIME marveling at her energy. (I wondered when she sleeps.) Yet in exploring her drive, it shows us only half the picture.

| Jul 6, 2022

In this revealing doc [Lopez's] self-confidence and enthusiasm are contagious.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 6, 2022

Jennifer Lopez puts resilience, hope and un-wavering self confidence sprinkled with a little uncertainty unapologetically on full display in Halftime taking on male heavy industry hierarchy with boxing gloves ready to grab a TKO at a moments notice. 

| Jul 2, 2022

Whether you buy into her reinvention as an ethnic feminist champion, it’s hard not to be by moved by her vulnerability.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 24, 2022

Halftime may very well be about J.Lo’s performance at Super Bowl LIV, but it’s also a reminder of the multihyphenate’s unbelievable longevity.

| Jun 24, 2022

Halftime reveals that Lopez understands herself to be a perennial underdog, destined to be taken less seriously than her peers. In doing so, it exposes the grotesque nature of the modern fame cycle.

| Jun 24, 2022

While it feels at times like a commercial for Jennifer Lopez herself, the documentary isn't devoid of worthwhile moments.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 21, 2022

Halftime is clearly an effort to further J.Lo's brand. Still, there's an authenticity here that makes it an engaging watch.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jun 20, 2022

Yes, JLo is good with a stripper pole, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. Can she sing? She says yes, but doesn’t, not once, in this film

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 19, 2022

I’m perfectly fine with knowing exactly this much about Jennifer Lopez, and nothing more.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2022

The thing about Halftime, the Netflix documentary about her career centered around her incredible last few years of success, is that it doesn’t make me work hard to do that.

| Jun 18, 2022

... Doesn't really give us an insight in her private life. Not that that's obligatory, but it does seem like a missed opportunity to deepen the vulnerability she's trying to convey in this film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 17, 2022

[Halftime] takes a celebratory approach, putting its subject on a pedestal and at a remove from the world at large. Still, if Halftime manages to become illuminating, it’s solely due to the candid vulnerability that Lopez brings to the outing.

| Jun 17, 2022

Lopez has been such a powerful cultural presence that she’s earned this kind of tribute.

| Jun 17, 2022

Official documentaries about musicians either show a different side to the subject or feel a little like an advert for the brand, this is very much the latter.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2022

Lopez in Halftime is not an aging superstar who’s past her prime—she’s simply a real person who worked her ass off, succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest dreams and continues to do so.

| Jun 16, 2022