Second Act
Peter Segal, USA, 2018o
Maya is a 40-year-old woman struggling with the frustration of not having achieved all she wanted to in life. Working at a supermarket in Queens, she is an experienced, quick-witted, perceptive employee - but she is never promoted, simply because she doesn’t have a college degree. But when her friend's son secretly writes her a new, slightly fictional résumé, Maya suddenly gets the chance to prove that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a second act in life.
Maya aka Jennifer Lopez schafft es dank eines gefälschten Lebenslaufs vom Supermarkt in Queens in eine Führungsposition in Manhattan. Peter Segal schießt alles Komödienpotenzial in den Wind zugunsten einer peinlichen Feier neoliberaler Verkaufsargumente (Maya muss eine innovative Handcreme entwickeln) und erinnert die Aufsteigerfrau aus der Unterschicht freundlich daran, doch bitte bei ihren Leisten zu bleiben.
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