When Jennifer Lopez finds erself out of the running for a managers job a work because she never went to college, she winds up inventing a Harvard education, a Peace Corps term and a dazzling career as a consultant to land a job in Manhattan. And reconnect with the daughter she abandoned twenty years earlier. Can she keep all the balls in the air or will they come crashing down on her?
You'll recognize the outline as that of 1988's WORKING GIRL But while that was a romantic comedy with some serious societal statements to make, his is a drama both societal and personal, with a couple of funny low-comedy gags. It also raises once again the question of why Miss Lopez isn't a star. Everyone agrees she's gorgeous and talented, and some very well respected directors have directed her in movies; yet although everyone know who she is, the public doesn't seem to clamor for her. My take: there's not one role that she has made her own, so that I can't think of anyone else in the role.
With the able support of Leah Remini, Treat Williams, and Milo Ventimiglia.
