October is full of violent horror movies debuting left and right. But if you’re looking for a lighter option this month, HBO Max has just the thing. The new trailer for “Women is Losers” offers an inspirational look at a Latina fighting against the odds to make her dreams come true. “Women is Losers” chronicles Celina as she lives through 1960s and ’70’s San Francisco as she fights sexism, discrimination, and poverty to chase the American Dream.

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The rub in evaluating a film about sexism, abortion, poverty, or any serious personal (yet universal) subject is that a verdict of “poor” or “cheesy” runs the risk of carrying a barbed attack at those who find value in said film. It’s a factor in reviewing rape-revenge films such as “Promising Young Woman,” where a male-written review calling such a story “sick” raises hackles in sexual assault survivors who find catharsis in that (fictional) extra-judicial retribution.

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