This heart-warming movie is predictable and it doesn't have any surprises in it (if you think it does you are one sad, strange, little man), and is considered a "chick-flick" but nonetheless I enjoyed it.
Jennifer Lopez plays Marissa Ventura, a single-parent/maid at a fancy New York hotel, who tries on a rich lady's clothes and meets Chris Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a candidate for senator, while wearing them, so he thinks she's some big socialite or something and she doesn't bother to correct him assuming that he will no longer be interested in her if she does. The two feel connected with each other when they take Marissa's 10-year-old son, Ty, played by Tyler Posey, to the Zoo.
Natahsa Richardson is terrific as Caroline Lane, the woman who's clothes Marissa tried on. She herself is attracted to Christopher Marshall, and is constantly flirting with him.
The floor butler, Lionel, is excellently played by Bob Hoskins, is your typical mentor. He has several nice lines such as, "What we do does not define who we are." And his character adds common ground to the film.
Maid in Manhattan is not overly comedic, but does have several humorous sequences such as when Marissa doesn't realize she has a magazine stuck to her butt. It does not have the most extensive dialouge, but it is very charming and is the movie equivalent of comfort food. 7 stars out of 10
Jennifer Lopez plays Marissa Ventura, a single-parent/maid at a fancy New York hotel, who tries on a rich lady's clothes and meets Chris Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a candidate for senator, while wearing them, so he thinks she's some big socialite or something and she doesn't bother to correct him assuming that he will no longer be interested in her if she does. The two feel connected with each other when they take Marissa's 10-year-old son, Ty, played by Tyler Posey, to the Zoo.
Natahsa Richardson is terrific as Caroline Lane, the woman who's clothes Marissa tried on. She herself is attracted to Christopher Marshall, and is constantly flirting with him.
The floor butler, Lionel, is excellently played by Bob Hoskins, is your typical mentor. He has several nice lines such as, "What we do does not define who we are." And his character adds common ground to the film.
Maid in Manhattan is not overly comedic, but does have several humorous sequences such as when Marissa doesn't realize she has a magazine stuck to her butt. It does not have the most extensive dialouge, but it is very charming and is the movie equivalent of comfort food. 7 stars out of 10