Good premise with some cute moments but overall a bit awkward and definitely forced.
A sweet but weak man is married to a controlling and complete psychotic woman who is verbally abusive to their daughter and dismissive of their son (although to be fair you hardly notice the kid is there, bad writing). A supposedly impoverished yet well-dressed and impeccably groomed gorgeous and kind housekeeper who doesn't speak English is hired by this weird sad family and when the mom offers her job she kisses her on the mouth. Wtf I'm telling you that mom is weird. I know you need a job but you're already #metoo'd in the interview maybe don't work there?
A bunch of nonsense happens, they get a beach house, the mom of the family tries to basically adopt the housekeeper's daughter against her moms will and gets her put into the same private school as her kids. None of that made sense, they suggest it's because the housekeepers daughter is pretty and that lady's daughter isn't. I'm telling you this freak is a total monster.
Oh also the housekeeper learns English while she keeps house.
The dad and the housekeeper have like two choppy conversations about their children. And then we are supposed to accept she's fallen in love with him. Okay.
Then we find out psycho mom has been cheating. Finally! Leave that bag of crazy and don't look back. No. He just has a painfully awkward date with housekeeper at his restaurant. Yes this deflated balloon of a man has somehow found the wherewithal to start and maintain a successful business. Sure.
Then he goes home, we are led to believe he's upset yet but willing to work on his terrible depressing awful marriage.
Oh and then former housekeeper (she quits) pulls her kid out of a full scholarship at private school and yet that kid still gets in to Princeton. Okay sure.
It's not a great movie. Adam Sandler has made some decent non-typical drama roles and great. I chalk this up to bad writing and directing.
A sweet but weak man is married to a controlling and complete psychotic woman who is verbally abusive to their daughter and dismissive of their son (although to be fair you hardly notice the kid is there, bad writing). A supposedly impoverished yet well-dressed and impeccably groomed gorgeous and kind housekeeper who doesn't speak English is hired by this weird sad family and when the mom offers her job she kisses her on the mouth. Wtf I'm telling you that mom is weird. I know you need a job but you're already #metoo'd in the interview maybe don't work there?
A bunch of nonsense happens, they get a beach house, the mom of the family tries to basically adopt the housekeeper's daughter against her moms will and gets her put into the same private school as her kids. None of that made sense, they suggest it's because the housekeepers daughter is pretty and that lady's daughter isn't. I'm telling you this freak is a total monster.
Oh also the housekeeper learns English while she keeps house.
The dad and the housekeeper have like two choppy conversations about their children. And then we are supposed to accept she's fallen in love with him. Okay.
Then we find out psycho mom has been cheating. Finally! Leave that bag of crazy and don't look back. No. He just has a painfully awkward date with housekeeper at his restaurant. Yes this deflated balloon of a man has somehow found the wherewithal to start and maintain a successful business. Sure.
Then he goes home, we are led to believe he's upset yet but willing to work on his terrible depressing awful marriage.
Oh and then former housekeeper (she quits) pulls her kid out of a full scholarship at private school and yet that kid still gets in to Princeton. Okay sure.
It's not a great movie. Adam Sandler has made some decent non-typical drama roles and great. I chalk this up to bad writing and directing.