It’s not as campy as Showgirls, but Lopez’s cougar tryst gone awry with a young neighborhood buck makes the perfect accompaniment to white zinfandel on tap“Dude, you GOTTA read The Iliad.” So encourages Noah Sandborn, the titular boy next door, surprisingly versed in Greek literature for someone who seems more growth hormone than man. Sandborn is played by Ryan Guzman, introduced bicep-first when he glides into frame to help his neighbour with a wonky garage door.That neighbour is the newly separated mother and high school classics teacher Claire Peterson, played by the sexy-but-still-comfortably-attired Jennifer Lopez. As we learn in a choppy opening sequence more befitting a TV episode recap than a feature film, Claire recently tossed her philandering husband Garrett (John Corbett) out of the house. Occasional meals and fishing trips with their son Kevin (Ian Nelson) keeps the not-yet-ex around a bit, and Claire’s nights on the singles’ scene aren’t so great. (On a blind date, a mean “businessman” confronts Claire and her liberal arts kind for not grooming kids to have “useful skills”.) Maybe Claire should just forgive her wayward husband, or maybe she should focus on being the best individual she can be, but what she definitely shouldn’t do is make goo-goo eyes at the new hunk across the way, especially if she is in that peach-colored silk chemise and he’s in nothing but the cut marble that is his shirtlessness. Continue reading...
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