Jackpot Summer

A multimillion dollar lottery win distorts family dynamics in Friedland’s amusing family dramedy. A year after their mother dies, the four adult Jacobson children gather one last time in their parents’ beloved Long Beach Island vacation home before it’s sold. On a whim, Noah decides to buy a Powerball ticket and invites his siblings to go in on it. Two say yes, one condescendingly refuses: why would he throw his money away like that? But against all odds, three siblings win the $262 million jackpot. After the win, it’s uncomfortable for everyone as guilt and resentment abound, and the Jackpot Jacobsons discover that instead of finding the relief they’d expected the money to bring, they find themselves living with all their old problems—plus a whole lot of new ones.