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Jennifer Lopez answered questions about the most impactful movies in her life on Brett Goldstein’s podcast Films to Be Buried With<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Asked for \u201cthe worst film you\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Lopez named 2020\u2019s Nomadland, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s just not for me\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\u201cA slow-moving thing about grief,\u201d the Office Romance star explained, is \u201cnot why I go to the movies\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jennifer Lopez<\/a> knows there is an audience for the Frances McDormand<\/a>-starring Nomadland<\/a>. She\u2019s just not part of that audience.<\/p>\nWhen her Office Romance<\/a> costar Brett Goldstein<\/a> asked on his podcast Films to Be Buried With<\/a> about her most formative films, Lopez, 56, elected not to skip his most notorious question: \u201cWhat’s the worst film you’ve ever seen?\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIt’s hard to say \u2018worst\u2019 because it’s a beautiful film,\u201d said the actress-musician, naming the Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/a>-directed Nomadland, which at the 2021 Academy Awards<\/a> ceremony won Best Picture<\/a>, Best Director, and Best Actress for McDormand. At Goldstein\u2019s prompting, Lopez made it clear the indie drama is her \u201cworst type of film.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/H9Gmzr_Y0gXnlwU4sZ31ig--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/b0e4ad4a8af3c03c4240aa86d3ba27f3\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nJennifer Lopez at the UK premiere of ‘Office Romance’ on June 3
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\u201cYou can tell from my taste in movies what I think about this,\u201d said Lopez with a laugh, having listed 1961\u2019s West Side Story, 1983\u2019s Flashdance and other musicals and comedies among her favorites.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s not why I go to the movies,\u201d the Grammy winner said of Nomadland. \u201cI like musicals. I like romantic comedies. I like thrillers, you know? And it’s a slow-moving thing about grief and there’s no escapism to it. And I do like some movies like that\u2026 but that one I just didn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, Zhao’s movie stars McDormand, 68, as Fern, a widow living and traveling in her van across the U.S. amid the 2007\u20132009 recession.<\/p>\n
Calling McDormand \u201camazing,\u201d Lopez said \u201cthere\u2019s no surprise\u201d that the movie won the actress her third and fourth Oscars. \u201cShe deserves all the Oscars. But I just didn’t enjoy it. It\u2019s just not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"Frances](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Dzgjsxm1yqudqWa2_3wt8A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/b6fb0c94da212dbf7011239c71a42dbd\"\/)
<\/span><\/div>\nFrances McDormand in ‘Nomadland’
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She added, \u201cIt’s just a taste thing. And I know we need movies about grief! I understand.\u201d Goldstein responded, \u201cYou just don’t wanna watch them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don’t wanna watch them,\u201d Lopez agreed. \u201cThe same way I don’t wanna watch horror films.\u201d<\/p>\n
Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEarlier in their conversation, the Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/a> star admitted that Dave Franco and Alison Brie\u2019s thought-provoking 2025 horror film Together<\/a> was an exception to her rule about not liking horror movies. \u201cI would do one,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause I think the horror genre has kind of evolved.”<\/p>\nLopez and Goldstein, 45, costar in the Ol Parker<\/a>-directed Office Romance, co-written by Goldstein and Joe Kelly. The rom-com is on Netflix as of June 6.<\/p>\nEpisodes of Films to Be Buried With air weekly on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Lopez answered questions about the most impactful movies in her life on Brett Goldstein’s podcast Films to Be Buried With<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Asked for \u201cthe worst film you\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Lopez named 2020\u2019s Nomadland, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s just not for me\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
\u201cA slow-moving thing about grief,\u201d the Office Romance star explained, is \u201cnot why I go to the movies\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jennifer Lopez<\/a> knows there is an audience for the Frances McDormand<\/a>-starring Nomadland<\/a>. She\u2019s just not part of that audience.<\/p>\n When her Office Romance<\/a> costar Brett Goldstein<\/a> asked on his podcast Films to Be Buried With<\/a> about her most formative films, Lopez, 56, elected not to skip his most notorious question: \u201cWhat’s the worst film you’ve ever seen?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s hard to say \u2018worst\u2019 because it’s a beautiful film,\u201d said the actress-musician, naming the Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/a>-directed Nomadland, which at the 2021 Academy Awards<\/a> ceremony won Best Picture<\/a>, Best Director, and Best Actress for McDormand. At Goldstein\u2019s prompting, Lopez made it clear the indie drama is her \u201cworst type of film.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez at the UK premiere of ‘Office Romance’ on June 3 \u201cYou can tell from my taste in movies what I think about this,\u201d said Lopez with a laugh, having listed 1961\u2019s West Side Story, 1983\u2019s Flashdance and other musicals and comedies among her favorites.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s not why I go to the movies,\u201d the Grammy winner said of Nomadland. \u201cI like musicals. I like romantic comedies. I like thrillers, you know? And it’s a slow-moving thing about grief and there’s no escapism to it. And I do like some movies like that\u2026 but that one I just didn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n Based on Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, Zhao’s movie stars McDormand, 68, as Fern, a widow living and traveling in her van across the U.S. amid the 2007\u20132009 recession.<\/p>\n Calling McDormand \u201camazing,\u201d Lopez said \u201cthere\u2019s no surprise\u201d that the movie won the actress her third and fourth Oscars. \u201cShe deserves all the Oscars. But I just didn’t enjoy it. It\u2019s just not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Frances McDormand in ‘Nomadland’ She added, \u201cIt’s just a taste thing. And I know we need movies about grief! I understand.\u201d Goldstein responded, \u201cYou just don’t wanna watch them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI just don’t wanna watch them,\u201d Lopez agreed. \u201cThe same way I don’t wanna watch horror films.\u201d<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier in their conversation, the Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/a> star admitted that Dave Franco and Alison Brie\u2019s thought-provoking 2025 horror film Together<\/a> was an exception to her rule about not liking horror movies. \u201cI would do one,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause I think the horror genre has kind of evolved.”<\/p>\n Lopez and Goldstein, 45, costar in the Ol Parker<\/a>-directed Office Romance, co-written by Goldstein and Joe Kelly. The rom-com is on Netflix as of June 6.<\/p>\n Episodes of Films to Be Buried With air weekly on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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