Maid in Manhattan Reviews and Ratings


  • sylkiesweet
    December 7, 2009
    sylkiesweet
    Annoyingly predictable, however pleasent somehow...
  • titans3490
    December 3, 2009
    titans3490
    its your standard chik flick
  • Claudia2309
    November 25, 2009
    Claudia2309
    Another story in the Cinderella style. It's entertaining, but could have been better.
  • zakaryasx
    November 19, 2009
    zakaryasx
    BORING, BUT IT WAS STILL OKAY TO WATCH
  • FragmentsofMe
    November 16, 2009
    FragmentsofMe
    I thought they did a pretty good job. I liked it.
  • honey090875
    November 16, 2009
    honey090875
    never lose hope!!!!!!
  • pingfarrah
    November 13, 2009
    pingfarrah
    A very common story!
  • nisreenata
    November 12, 2009
    nisreenata
    its story is very beautiful
  • free2me122003
    November 6, 2009
    free2me122003
    i love that Jennifer Lopez
  • iggie461
    October 29, 2009
    iggie461
    Couple movie and girls night out film...
  • befreealways
    October 24, 2009
    befreealways
    It was really interesting one ..
    I like jennifer lopez ...she is at acting as well as at singing ...
  • arthurnhk
    October 14, 2009
    arthurnhk
    fiennes looks so good
  • lyfordbr
    October 2, 2009
    lyfordbr
    Mattew é sempre imperdível.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    I saw it on an Aeroplane, otherwise I would have left!
  • noddish
    September 22, 2009
    noddish
    would love to see it
  • missy13kc
    September 17, 2009
    missy13kc
    my fav love story. even if i'm young
  • xmariex8
    September 6, 2009
    xmariex8
    predictable love story.... but overall, okay film
  • klasheh
    September 1, 2009
    klasheh
    Girly movies...........a night of R & R.
  • noony313
    August 27, 2009
    noony313
    i'ts amazing i love the aide that pepole shuld love u for whow u are not what thay whant u to be
  • ara9800
    August 26, 2009
    ara9800
    horrible cenicienta de 4 ta
  • DABDULMUSAWWIR
    August 24, 2009
    DABDULMUSAWWIR
    Very good love story.
  • poohette5
    August 18, 2009
    poohette5
    I love this movie,. Jennifer Lopez really played her part well.
  • rushemjo
    August 17, 2009
    rushemjo
    Definitely a chick flick
  • stopitgoaway
    August 8, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Was Jennifer Lopez going through an "I want to be Julia Roberts" phase in 2002? That was the year in which she made "Enough", a shameless rip-off of "Sleeping with the Enemy" and followed it up with "Maid in Manhattan", which bears a certain resemblance to another Roberts film, "...( read more)Pretty Woman".

    Like "Pretty Woman", this is a romantic comedy based upon a "poor girl loves rich man" storyline. The poor girl is Marisa Ventura, a divorcée with a ten-year-old son working as a maid in a smart Manhattan hotel. The rich man is Christopher Marshall, scion of a wealthy family and senatorial candidate staying as a guest in the hotel. Chris is, unexpectedly, a Republican, a detail presumably inserted in a bid to dispel those persistent rumours that Hollywood's main function is to act as the Democratic Party's amen corner. The two meet and are attracted to one another, but, owing to a misunderstanding, Chris believes that Marisa is Caroline Lane, a wealthy British socialite who is another guest at the hotel. Chris invites "Caroline Lane" to lunch, but he is confused when the real Caroline shows up instead of Marisa. Further complications ensue, including the real Caroline taking a fancy to Chris and Marisa losing her job, but this being a rom-com we know that true love will prevail in the end.

    Jennifer Lopez has some dreadful films on her CV, especially the badly-written, badly-acted and thoroughly nasty "Enough", and the hilariously bad "Anaconda", a sort of fifties monster movie resurrected for the nineties. (I must admit I have never seen "Gigli", widely quoted as being the nadir of her career; if it is worse than either of those films it must be bad indeed). "Maid in Manhattan", however, is one of her better performances, not least because she enunciates all her lines clearly, something which is not always the case with her, and makes Marisa- hard-working, determined and caring- a very likable heroine.

    Rather surprisingly, Ralph Fiennes, who is often at his best playing villainous characters as in "Schindler's List" or "The Duchess", makes an equally likable hero. The rather reserved Chris seems more like an English gentleman than an American politician; there is perhaps a hint that his desire for a seat in the Senate owes more to family tradition than to ideological commitment; both his father and grandfather were Senators before him. The real political animal is his frantically hyperactive spin doctor Jerry (played by Stanley Tucci, who had played a rather similar role the previous year in "America's Sweethearts"). There is an amusing, if somewhat one-dimensional, contribution from Natasha Richardson as the spoilt, bitchy Caroline. The acting honours were stolen, however, by young Tyler Posey, utterly delightful as Marisa's son Ty who plays a key role in bringing his mother and Chris together. Ty is a budding intellectual who has become something of an expert on the 1970s, especially the presidency of Richard Nixon.

    I don't think that "Maid in Manhattan" is as good as "Pretty Woman", which had rather more in the way of character development and psychological depth. Garry Marshall's film gained a bit of extra edge by making its heroine a prostitute and its hero a businessman suffering a crisis of conscience about his less-than-ethical business methods. Marisa and Chris, by comparison, are just a bit too nice right from the beginning. Yet the film, as a whole, is an enjoyable one, if not a particularly original one. Besides "Pretty Woman" it also owes a debt to the Audrey Hepburn/Humphrey Bogart "Sabrina" and to countless other films, plays, novels and stories all the way back to "Cinderella" and beyond. Yet this lack of originality does not necessarily matter in a romantic comedy; the genre, after all, is a highly formulaic one which relies upon a few well-worn plots. What matters is the way in which the basic idea is developed, and "Maid in Manhattan" handles its theme with wit and humour. It's not exactly a realistic film either, but then rom-coms were never intended to be exercises in realism. It will provide enjoyable viewing for anyone looking for something romantic and escapist.
  • samiboy1st
    August 6, 2009
    samiboy1st
    jenefer got a talent
  • mojo1997
    July 29, 2009
    mojo1997
    this is an ok movie but it is more like my momz movie ew
  • Tyneke2
    July 28, 2009
    Tyneke2
    I LOVE IT. I HAVE THE MOVIE RITE HERE
  • samone993
    July 28, 2009
    samone993
    just all around great and wish i had it
  • SammySnowball
    July 24, 2009
    SammySnowball
    Omg
    another one of my fav films of all time
    Love Itt :L
  • xobabygreekox
    July 13, 2009
    xobabygreekox
    Love it. I use to watch it every month at least 2-3 times. But not anymore.):
  • InTheFleshOfBlood
    July 10, 2009
    InTheFleshOfBlood
    owh,. jennifer lopez was so hot in this movie,. mmmhhh,. nice body.,.,.
  • netwattienz
    July 7, 2009
    netwattienz
    Helped by genuine chemistry between leads.. better than expected
  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    July 6, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    just shows the versitility of my love Ralph Fiennes!! Not that great of a movie tho...predictable...I havent seen it for a long time tho...I should watch it soon. :I
  • venie9belas
    June 27, 2009
    venie9belas
    wah enaknya jd cleaning service berjodoh dgn tamu hotel bussinessman pula
  • rAyUziEn
    June 26, 2009
    rAyUziEn
    ..hNd q paH NpANoOd YaH..
  • gemiehina
    June 24, 2009
    gemiehina
    one of my favourites
  • raiderchick1081
    June 21, 2009
    raiderchick1081
    loved it loved it loved it
  • aina200991
    June 21, 2009
    aina200991
    100% best movie ever!!!!!!
  • Sadgirl911tabby
    June 13, 2009
    Sadgirl911tabby
    i love this movie i would watch it when i am home by myself nobody around to bother me and watch it it is a great movie i am trien to get all her movies
  • wise07ag
    June 13, 2009
    wise07ag
    this is my favorite its one of those cinderella sotries
  • helwigs
    June 8, 2009
    helwigs
    Cute but predictable romantic comedy.

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