Product Description

Maid in manhattan is the story of a single mother born & bred in the boroughs of nyc who is a maid in a 1st classhotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity she meets a handsome heir who believes she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/04/2005 Starring: Jennifer Lopez Natasha Rhichardson Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Wayne Wang

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9406 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-03-25
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon.com
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 political 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

From The New Yorker
Jennifer Lopez once showed great promise as an actress: her early roles in "Selena" and particularly "Out of Sight" displayed a tough, sexy charisma. In this would-be romantic comedy she plays a New York hotel maid who's mistaken for a wealthy guest and pursued by a Senate candidate, played, rather grudgingly, by Ralph Fiennes. The director Wayne Wang photographs the city as though it were all one big luxury apartment-everything is shiny and well scrubbed-but there's no silkiness in the wooden pairing of Lopez and Fiennes. At this point in Lopez's determined pursuit of fame, she carries a lot of baggage. The recording career, the clothing line, the celebrity dating have made her a diva, but in wanting so desperately to be all things to all people, she's also a model of mediocrity. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Perfect Love Story
Maid in Manhattan This was bought for a Lady Friend and I watched it with Her, This is one of the Most Perfect Love Stories of Our Time, Next to Love Story. Ending could not have been more perfect. Not going to give it away, but worth Buying.

A real "feel-good" movie! Romance, suspense, humor ...
I was writing another book review when this movie came on TV. When I saw Jennifer Lopez, I started watching and was hooked from the first scene with her little son. I just finished it and must say I truly enjoyed the time spent watching this "feel-good" movie. It was just what the doctor ordered after a two-day stint with the flu. This certainly went well with my recuperative fare of tea and toast. ... lol ...

In this movie, Lopez plays--you guessed it!--a maid who works in a top-flight hotel in Manhattan.

Maid in Manhattan is a breezy romantic comedy where a rich, handsome, aspiring politician, played by Ralph Fiennes, falls for the maid. Drawn initially by her beauty, he soon comes to know her as an independent, honest woman ... a struggling single mother who puts her ten-year-old son above all else. Tyler Posey does a fine acting job as her son.

Yes, this movie has "shades of Cinderella," like many romance novels and movies, but it has differences in every twist and turn that conspire to keep this unlikely couple apart. At first, because Lopez is dressed in a guest's clothing, Fiennes thinks she is a socialite herself; complications caused by that error lead to many hilarious situations, yet even more heart-wrenching ones.

The sentimentality and romantic warmth of the movie are due to good performances by Lopez and Fiennes, but the supporting actors bring this movie to life. You will be amused by Natasha Richardson and Amy Sedaris in the roles of callow socialites, Bob Hoskins as a dignified butler, and you'll love to hate Stanley Tucci as Fiennes's aggravating campaign manager.

So how does the politician react when he learns his love interest is a maid? How does she take it? You guessed that they eventually get back together--don't they in all Cinderella stories?--but what happens before that transpires? And how does the maid's son react to all this? Does he even like Fiennes's character?

I promise you lots of laughs as you watch this movie and learn the answers to those questions and more. For your enhanced viewing pleasure, I suggest you see Maid in Manhattan with your best girl ... or guy.

Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, 2008
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Like Modern-Day Cinderella
(this is Geri here)I usually don't go for silly fluffy things like this, but I adore this sweet little movie. I am older and always loved the beautiful fairy-tale Cinderella. This story is just like that, but in modern day NYC. It's wonderful. I always cry just a lttle bit at the beautiful and happy ending. PS - Love the little boy.