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
Maid in Manhattan
...love checks in.
2002 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Wayne Wang
Overview
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?
Director and cast
- Wayne Wang Director
- Jennifer Lopez as Marisa Ventura
- Ralph Fiennes as Christopher Marshall
- Natasha Richardson as Caroline Lane
- Stanley Tucci as Jerry Siegel
- Tyler Posey as Ty Ventura
- Bob Hoskins as Lionel Bloch
- Di Quon as Lily Kim
- Lisa Roberts Gillan as Cora
- Amy Sedaris as Rachel Hoffberg
- Chris Eigeman Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
38%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Instead of a fairy tale, we have a tale told without imagination. It's Cinderella gone stale.
Charles Passy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rotten
Not so much a movie as a collection of career moves.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
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
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
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