Maid in Manhattan

Amy Sedaris, Bob Hoskins, Chris Eigeman

In the breezy Maid in Manhattan, a maid in a top-flight hotel (Jennifer Lopez, Out of Sight, The Wedding Planner) chances to dress in a guest's clothes just when a handsome poli...( read more  read more... )tical candidate (Ralph Fiennes, Schindler's List, Red Dragon) walks in. Naturally, he's bowled over and pursues her; he's initially drawn to her gorgeous good looks but soon comes to appreciate her honesty and common sense. Of course, she can't let him know that she's only a maid, and various high jinks ensue--it's all pretty formulaic, but lurking in the edges of this glossy, brainless romance are a wealth of sly turns by Natasha Richardson and Amy Sedaris (as callow socialites), Bob Hoskins (as a dignified butler), Stanley Tucci (as Fiennes' exasperated campaign manager), and many less familiar faces. All help to give Maid in Manhattan the life and texture that has been processed out of the main characters. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 105 min.

Directed by: Wayne Wang

Released: December 13, 2002

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DVD Released: March 25, 2003

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  • October 10, 2006
    It was a by-the-book movie. Enjoyable but predictable.
  • December 9, 2008
    A rags to riches romance, that was not unlike the Hugh Grant/Martine McCucheon storyline in ?Love Actually?.

    Sweet and watchable, but one to watch when it appears on tv, not worth renting or buying.
  • January 15, 2008
    I had some sweet dreams watching this... that was a good nap.
  • January 7, 2008
    Like a mexican telenovela.
  • December 4, 2007
    The music alone gives it an extra star.... and of course the ever-gorgeous Ralph Fiennes!

    Having watched so many more serious films recently, this was a nice change. Very girly and soppy but I am a girl so I need to be soppy every now and again.

    Entertaining, though the outcom... ...( read more )
  • July 3, 2009
    heaven & earth as well..this movie will make you cry, but then in the end you will have butterflies in your stomach..

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December 13, 2002
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

A lovably old-school Hollywood confection. full review

December 13, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The movie would almost qualify as pleasant, were it not for a certain condescension in its treatment of working-class life and its offhand assumption that lives not buoyed by riches or aggrandized by ... full review

December 13, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A skillful, glossy, formula picture, given life by the appeal of its stars. full review

December 13, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

A Cinderella story so formulaic you'll be looking for a glass slipper. full review

December 13, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Jennifer Lopez has star power, genuine talent and considerable assets, but she's wasted yet again in a grossly predictable romantic comedy. full review

December 13, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

In general the picture is so committed to inoffensiveness and to hammering home its uplifting, bootstrap message that it lacks the necessary element of malice. full review

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  • heartdance28
    June 29, 2007
    truely one of a kind movie, that proves with love all is equal weather ur rich/not, president. governor or wat, as long as u find true love, love can conquer and forgot evrything jus to follow heart choice..
  • eastsida49ers
    November 19, 2006
    oh it a beautyful move ...i like this kind of moves becos it is a story ab't man an woman(you an me)hahahahahahah sooooooooori.....

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