The charisma of Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes comes through relatively untarnished. They’re an unlikely couple, but it really does work here.
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12/13/02
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:54
Rotten:81
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Too blandly generic, Maid in Manhattan also suffers from a lack of chemistry between Lopez and Fiennes.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In Revolution Studios' charming romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan, Jennifer Lopez stars as a hard-working, intelligent and determined single mother who dreams of a better life. While struggling as... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Kevin Wade, Natasha Richardson
Director: Wayne Wang
Reviews for Maid in Manhattan
While it's not perfect, the faults are easily overlooked by the spirited performances of its cast.
12/13/02
An undemandingly agreeable trifle that should satisfy anyone in search of an old-fashioned Cinderella story at the megaplex.
12/13/02
It's really hard not to like Jennifer Lopez, and she's a wonderful, likable underdog in this.
12/13/02
A lovably old-school Hollywood confection.
12/13/02
Little more than a bedtime story for 12-year-old girls.
12/13/02
It's a warm, if pallid, romantic comedy that may not do much more to burnish Lopez's reputation, but will certainly not bruise it.
12/13/02
The movie would almost qualify as pleasant, were it not for a certain condescension in its treatment of working-class life and its offhand assumption that lives not buoyed by riches or aggrandized by fame are hardly worth living.
12/13/02
In the affable Maid in Manhattan, Jennifer Lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm, the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players.
12/13/02
This sparkling Cinderella tale provides the additional kick of watching the glass slipper crack through the glass ceiling.
12/13/02
The movie doesn't ask much of Lopez as an actress, but it understands her persona fairly well.
12/13/02
The story is so light and sugary that were it a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon, extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away.
12/13/02
Not terrible, but not memorable, Maid in Manhattan delivers what you'd expect: mediocre, get-out-your-hankies romantic fare.
12/13/02
The only suspense is whether Lopez' strapless ballgown or Fiennes' forced smile will drop first.
12/13/02
Honestly, at this point in Lopez's career I no longer expect her to marry or co-star with Latino men, but surely there are other White men J.Lo's core audience would enjoy fantasizing about.
12/13/02
Factory-made romantic comedy without an ounce of creativity or a shred of unpredictability.
12/13/02
Alternately politically correct and confusingly archaic, with a devastating lack of romantic connection between its two stars.
12/13/02
Maid in Manhattan may be instantly forgettable, but it works its magic while it lights up the screen.
12/13/02
Whoever thought that Lopez and Fiennes would spark the same frisson -- and box-office -- as Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman was dreaming in Technicolor.
12/13/02
Extrêmement convenu et presque entièrement dénué de charme.
12/13/02
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