Fresh
All in all-if all is meant moderately-the story leaves an agreeable aftertaste, which lingers longer than we expected.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
The Women on the 6th Floor
Help is on the way.
2011 · 1h 46m · NR
Comedy
Directed by
Philippe Le Guay
Overview
Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film sidesteps all complexities and leaves us with a closing shot that should come with a bucket.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
The film doesn't blaze adventurous new trails, but it dramatizes the stories of those underappreciated servants with an engaging mix of romance, droll humor and upstairs-downstairs social consciousness.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
A sweet yet occasionally heavy-handed comedy about class relations in 1962 Paris...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
[It] has drama, comedy, romance and class politics. It also introduces an element of ethnic prejudice to the mix.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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