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''This Is Me... Now'' received a score of 61 out of 100 on review aggregator [[Metacritic]] based on ten critics' reviews, indicating "generally mixedfavorable" reception.<ref name="MC" /> [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] wrote that "the album is relatively streamlined and sleek, containing no guest appearances and showing no overt attempts at chasing trends."<ref name="allmusic" /> Sal Cinquemani of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' called the album "one of Lopez's most sonically consistent efforts" and felt that certain songs "successfully capture the throwback sound of early-aughts R&B", though "most of the album falls short" of replicating the sound of ''This Is Me... Then''.<ref name="Slant Review" /> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' contributor Julianne Escobedo Shepherd commented that Lopez's "voice is stronger than ever" and "As a synergistic mythmaking effort, the album is certainly doing its job", though "the narrative threatens to, and does, overtake the music."<ref name=Pitchfork /> Peter Gray of ''[[The AU Review]]'' wrote that while "so much of this album's content and enjoyment comes from her connection with Affleck [...] it's when the singer reflects on herself that we get moments of pop perfection."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Peter |title=Album Review: Jennifer Lopez finds love again on lush, cohesive This Is Me…Now |url=https://www.theaureview.com/music/album-review-this-is-me-now/ |website=The AU Review |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=February 15, 2024 |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216004012/https://www.theaureview.com/music/album-review-this-is-me-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Independent]]'''s Helen Brown found that "for all her promises to show us the real her, it's a struggle to see it in the slick and sexy production", even if "she exudes the confidence of a woman who's survived the hard knocks" with "a dreamy texture to Lopez's old-school R&B".<ref name="Independent Review"/> Thomas H Green of ''[[The Arts Desk]]'' reports that although "lyrical swing right" and "she acknowledges her Hispanic roots," there are two problems with the project: "the one-note theme, while sounding genuine and therapeutic, does start to wear" and that "the music sounds a bit passé" with "skittering R&B stylings of yesteryear".<ref name="arts desk review" /> [[Neil McCormick]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described ''This Is Me... Now'' as a "competent but underpowered album of slick pop" and questions the absence of "all Latin flavouring, which might have been her superpower."<ref name="Daily Telegraph Review" /> Martina Rebecca Inchingolo of [[ABC News]] said Lopez "takes back her rightful place on the throne of pop music" on the album and noted her "new, refined wisdom" in comparison to its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inchingolo |first1=Martina Rebecca |title=Music Review: Jennifer Lopez returns to her pop music throne with new album, 'This Is Me... Now' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/music-review-jennifer-lopez-returns-pop-music-throne-107283135 |publisher=[[ABC News]] |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=February 16, 2024}}</ref> In a less positive review for ''[[HipHopDX]]'', Will Schube wrote that "for all of the time, money, and energy J.Lo and her team put into the theatrical accompaniment to ''This is Me… Now''", it would have "behooved all involved to spend a little more time on the music that the film was meant to accompany", concluding that the album hears Lopez "constantly tell fans how great her love life is. She rarely bothers to explain why".<ref name="HHDX" />