Maid in Manhattan
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2002
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Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
13 Dec 2002
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$55,000,000
Revenue:
$154,906,693
Awards:
1 win & 8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie, although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear: She's a pretty woman, but she's no working girl.
– Michael Agger,
Slate,
16 Dec 2002
rotten:
Problem is, there really isn't any dialogue here that suggests that Marisa is truly sassy, or charming, or candid, or that the would-be senator is either brilliant or senatorial, or that her accent-less son is not simply on loan from Hogwarts.
– Laura Sinagra,
Village Voice,
17 Dec 2002
rotten:
Not so much a movie as a collection of career moves.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
13 Jan 2003
rotten:
Instead of a fairy tale, we have a tale told without imagination. It's Cinderella gone stale.
– Charles Passy,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
22 Mar 2003
fresh:
Talented individuals labour over the contrivances in this lightweight romance, and if the result's fluff, at least it's painless.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006