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	Maid in Manhattan (2002)
		Actually, her fame as a singer has started to outshine her acting career, and her notoriety as one of the world’s fussiest divas has become a big factor in her image as well.
		Maid finds Lopez back I the romantic comedy territory she first explored with 2001’s The Wedding Planner.
		Maid In Manhattan appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen version on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /maidinmanhattan.shtml (1572 words)

	Modamag.com \| Maid in Manhattan - Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins (Movie Review)
		“Maid” is a rather unchallenging film, and Wang is just the man to flex some romantic comedy muscles that may have atrophied a little bit in recent years, and brings some freshness to the worn-thin genre.
		The biggest working component in "Maid" is Jennifer Lopez, who for the first time in a long time, is able to squeeze out some actual onscreen appeal in a way her off-screen persona has been overshadowing in recent years.
		Being light and bubbly is in "Maid In Manhattan‘s" best interests, for when it steps outside of this, and tries to engage a not-too-subtle class conflict subplot, the effect drowns the picture instantly.
	www.modamag.com /maidinmanhattan.htm (694 words)

	maidinmanhattanreview
		Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Columbia's Maid in Manhattan
		She's starred in some down right awful films (most notably this year's "Enough") but in "Maid" she gives what I call a "non-laughable performance." There were a couple moments here or there where she's not really convincing, specifically in the more dramatic scenes, but what matters is that she's improving.
		She's not quite there yet, but she's slowly beginning to prove herself to be a decent actress (if only she could do the same with her music.) If she is going to continue with movies she should stick with the lighter entertainment ones because the genre has been to kind her.
	www.everythingoscar.com /maidinmanhattanreview.html (403 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		Marisa (Jennifer Lopez), a maid and single mother working in Manhattan, accidentally stumbles upon Christopher (Ralph Fiennes), a kind Republican assemblyman who is staying at her hotel.
		I was expecting “Maid In Manhattan” to show Christopher and Marisa discovering each other’s inner beauty, and that would overcome any financial obstacles.
		The biggest problem with “Maid In Manhattan,” however, and the most disturbing issue with most recent romances, is that there is no real reason for these two people to fall in love in the first place.
	movies.zertinet.com /2002/maidinmanhattan.htm (809 words)

	"Maid in Manhattan" - Salon
		With "Maid in Manhattan," Wayne Wang is just the latest in a long line of contemporary filmmakers who have proved they're not up to the task.
		It should have been easy to make "Maid in Manhattan" work, particularly considering that rags-to-riches Cinderella stories are so universally compelling.
		There are the usual obstacles (it turns out that Caroline is after Christopher too) and the typical second bananas (Stanley Tucci is Christopher's straitlaced handler; Marrissa Patrone is Marisa's friend, a fellow maid who's obsessed with penis size, a gag that's stupefyingly unfunny even the first time she pulls it).
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2002/12/13/maid/index.html (936 words)

	Maid in Manhattan (2002)
		Maid in Manhattan is one of those "relationship despite social class boundaries" films that you know is going to be predictable, which is usually okay so long as the story is well-executed and at least has a little spirit behind it.
		Fiennes plays a wealthy senator and Lopez plays a maid in the hotel he stays at, and because they are from different social classes it's treated like the second coming of Bill and Monica when they make a pair.
		I suppose if you aren't expecting much, Maid in Manhattan is acceptable as a light-hearted piece of fluff, but most moviegoers will probably be distracted by its inconsistency in relation to the real world.
	www.moovees.com /review/maid-in-manhattan.html (431 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		Maid in Manhattan is produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Deborah Schindler and Paul Schiff.
		In Maid in Manhattan he portrays Lionel, the Beresford Hotel's fastidious English butler, who is quietly protective of Marisa, especially after he learns about her secret romance.
		While Maid in Manhattan was in post-production, Thomas and Schindler began principal photography on Mona Lisa Smile directed by Mike Newell and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden.
	emol.org /film/archives/maid.html (8700 words)

	In Maid in Manhattan, Jennifer Lopez stoops to conquer. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine
		In Maid in Manhattan, Jennifer Lopez stoops to conquer.
		Maid in Manhattan (Columbia Pictures), starring Jennifer Lopez, aspires to follow in the tradition of these movies.
		In Maid, Lopez plays Marisa Ventura, who cleans suites all day at the ultra-posh Beresford Hotel and at night goes home to her Bronx apartment to be with her lovable, precocious son Ty (Tyler Posey).
	www.slate.com /id/2075281 (1603 words)

	The Flick Filosopher \| Maid in Manhattan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The "playboy politician" and the hotel maid from the Bronx; he mistakes her for someone else far richer and more socially connected; they fall in love in an hour; she has to hide her identity; he learns her secret; they argue; they live happily ever after.
		This is the stuff of bread and circuses, a feel-good movie to surprise no one and yet give all us working-class saps a sliver of hope, that some of us may escape the 'hood and snag a beautiful spouse at the same time...
		Maid in Manhattan shoots for progressiveness: Lopez's (Enough, The Wedding Planner) Marisa Ventura applies for a management training program at the Beresford Hotel (which any New Yorker will recognize as the Waldorf Astoria), the first maid to do so.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2002/maidinmanhattan.shtml (678 words)

	Maid in Manhattan ~ Jennifer Lopez
		Synopsis: A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
		Basically, Maid in Manhattan is a potpourri of several stories all with the same basic plot: Blue collar worker meets wealthy good looking available (yeah, right) man.
		Basically, Maid in Manhattan is a modern day fairy tale based on lies and deception, and in the end the truth must be revealed.
	www.ez-entertainment.net /zoneseye/maidmanhattanview.htm (463 words)

	MAID IN MANHATTAN
		I didn't like Maid in Manhattan the first time I saw it when it was called Pretty Woman, and I sure as hell don't like it now.
		The rest of the film is as predictable as you can get, but it's also the second December release (along with Empire) to give viewers the message that all white people are either racists, thieves, or worse.
		The only thing remotely interesting or different in Manhattan is that each of the two lovebirds is trying to obtain some difficult goal, albeit quite reluctantly (Marisa: a management position; Marshall: an election victory).
	www.sick-boy.com /maidinmanhattan.htm (553 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		While the film bogs down tying its loose ends together reuniting lovers who never should have parted, "Maid in Manhattan" is nonetheless a solid romantic comedy that seems just right for the holiday season.
		Wade's screenplay may be obvious, but he imbues it with upstairs/downstairs themes ('Strive to be invisible' says a sign in the maids' locker area) and milks comedy from unlikely places (Ty's a Nixon expert, a pair of middle-aged French women pilfer from an unattended maid cart).
		"Maid in Manhattan" is a charmer, a PC "Pretty Woman" that ditches the odious prostitution theme for class commentary.
	www.reelingreviews.com /maidinmanhattan.htm (485 words)

	Movieman's Guide to the Movies - Maid in Manhattan (2002)
		Maid in Manhattan has two talented actors in JLo and Fiennes but it is the latter that probably was miscasted.
		Maid in Manhattan overall is fairly average, the acting sub par at best and the onscreen chemistry from the two leads is inconsistent if not completely missing.
		The problem is Maid in Manhattan contained neither originality (which I can normally place aside) nor decent storytelling.
	www.moviemansguide.com /maidinmanhattan.php (820 words)

	MAID IN MANHATTAN - DVD
		That Marisa will be outed by a snooty competing member of the ruling class (Natasha Richardson, hideously embarrassing) is never in question; that she will engage in a series of dim-witted and base monologues meant to illustrate her insouciant funk, also no surprise.
		What really wounds is the revelation that there's actually an interesting movie in Maid in Manhattan and that its been suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum.
		Maid in Manhattan arrives on DVD in a sparkling presentation.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/maidinmanhattan.htm (426 words)

	Maid in Manhattan (2002): Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Tyler Garcia Posey - PopMatters Film Review
		Though she is stunning in her form-fitting uniform, Marisa ostensibly "strives to be invisible" and treats guests with utmost care and attention to detail.
		This moralized split is underlined by a raced one: the hotel clients and managers (those with speaking parts, anyway) are white, and the maids are mostly Latina, fl, and Asian.
		And real, of course: though she wants to apply for a management position, she also knows that "maids" (however you understand that term to resonate here, in terms of race or class) are rarely moved up that particular ladder.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/m/maid-in-manhattan-dvd.shtml (948 words)

	Maid in Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film, directed by Wayne Wang.
		Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son (Tyler Posey).
		Though critics blasted the film, MIM finished with over 154 million worldwide, more than half of which, came from the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maid_in_Manhattan (275 words)

	Maid In Manhattan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Such is the case with “Maid In Manhattan,” an enjoyable romantic comedy that falls into the trap of many other films in its genre.
		In “Maid in Manhattan,” that woman is Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother who works as a maid at a hotel that caters to the rich and powerful.
		“Maid in Manhattan” follows an overly predictable path to its inevitable conclusion, and never offers up anything new about its characters or about anything in general.
	home.earthlink.net /~jchjch/Archives/M/maid_in_manhattan.htm (551 words)

	'Maid In Manhattan'
		"Maid in Manhattan" can trace its lineage to such films as "Working Girl" (both screenplays are by Kevin Wade) and "Pretty Woman" (hooker plays dress-up in a fancy hotel where she has a romance with a wealthy, powerful man).
		She portrays Marisa Ventura, a maid at a fancy Manhattan hotel (the movie was filmed at the Waldorf-Astoria).
		Marisa knows his fascination with her means trouble, but Chris won't give up despite the increasingly enjoyable distress of his campaign manager (Stanley Tucci).
	www.post-gazette.com /movies/20021213maid8.asp (669 words)

	Box Office Prophets: Maid in Manhattan Review
		Maybe it’s the fact that we’re supposed to buy Jennifer Lopez as a sweet, underprivileged maid with a heart of gold while at the same time believing that all wealthy folks are shallow, bigoted, ill-tempered pinheads.
		Maybe it’s the mother who thinks her daughter can never rise above circumstances to become anything more than a maid, and also believes she has no business consorting or having any sort of relationship with someone who is “better” than she is. Or maybe it’s the “sidekick” factor.
		Maid in Manhattan simply lacks magic, and as such, winds up being a cringe-worthy way to spend an hour and a half.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /hollis/maidinmanhattan.asp (734 words)

	Gorilla Pants Review - Maid in Manhattan (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jennifer Lopez stars as Marisa Ventura, a single mother who works as a maid in an elegant Manhattan hotel that admonishes its service staff to "strive to be invisible." Marisa generally succeeds in blending into the background, but one day she meets Chris Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), Senatorial candidate and America's only pro-environmental Republican.
		The key to this kind of movie is the characters and their relationships, and Maid in Manhattan gives us two appealing leads.
		She and the other maids at the hotel amount to little besides a stale, "You go girl" cliché, and when they broke into song right before the straight-out-of-Pretty-Woman shopping scene.
	www.gorillapants.com /maidinmanhattan.shtml (550 words)

	Maid in Manhattan - Rotten Tomatoes
		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.
		Maid in Manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road...
		Maid in Manhattan proves that it's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/maid_in_manhattan (876 words)

	Jennifer Lopez J.Lo Maid In Manhattan Film December 13 2002 Release Photo Foto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maid in Manhattan is the story of Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel.
		By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel.
		When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.
	www.bellalopez.com /mov-mim2002.htm (120 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Maid in Manhattan
		Now, Marisa must keep trying to hide the fact that she's a maid, which is pretty difficult since a Paparazzi photo of her and Chris is on the front page of the paper and she is now assistant manager at the hotel.
		"Maid in Manhattan" is not the usual dopey romantic comedy.
		But the ending made me smile, rather than cringe and sarcastically blurt out, "Jesus Christ, I didn't see that coming." As a matter of fact, I was smiling throughout most of the film.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/maidinmanhattan.html (758 words)

	Maid In Manhattan movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		Jennifer Lopez continues with her romantic comedy streak as she dons a chambermaid outfit and falls in love with a hotel guest who happens to be a candidate for the Senate.
		"Maid in Manhattan" is your basic mistaken identity comedy that does all it can with the material presented.
		In "Maid in Manhattan", I found the chemistry between Fiennes and Lopez to be forced and contrived at times.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/m/maidinmanhattan.htm (594 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		She works hard as a chamber maid in a luxury Manhattan hotel, where she meets the man of her dreams.
		While trying on a guest's designer togs, in a suite she's to clean, her coworker urges her to do so, Marisa is mistaken for a rich guest by Senate candidate Chris Marshall (Ralph Fiennes).
		Maid In Manhattan is a great way to forget about the hubbub of the season.
	www.projections-movies.com /reviews/maidinmanhattan.html (239 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		Marisa may be looked down upon by some because she is a maid, but this film makes it clear that she is every bit Chrisâ equal.
		The maids are shown changing into their uniforms, giving moviegoers glimpses of panties and bras.
		When Marisa is exposed for who she really is and the hotel fires her for borrowing guestsâ things, viewers are asked to think of hotel management as uncaring and rigid.
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0000425.cfm (1040 words)

	Amazon.com: Maid in Manhattan: DVD: Jennifer Lopez,Ralph Fiennes,Natasha Richardson,Stanley Tucci,Tyler Posey,Frances ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In this particular movie, she is perfectly cast and does a great job as Marissa, the struggling single mom and hotel maid with ambitions toward a career as manager.
		Maid in Manhattan is enjoyable despite having a somewhat predictable plot.
		Maid in Manhattan starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fienes is so fluffy and morally good it makes me sick inside.
	www.amazon.com /Maid-Manhattan-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B0000897EG (1584 words)

	Maid in Manhattan
		This is also another lazy step for Jennifer Lopez (Enough, Angel Eyes), who is capable of so much more yet often chooses mediocre work that make her more popular but does nothing to hone her skills.
		So, as the Cinderella story goes, she must meet some handsome guy and fall in love, and all the while he has no clue that she is actually a maid.
		If there were some spark of originality in Maid in Manhattan, it may be interesting, but everything from the hollow characterizations, familiar plotting, cutesy title and every other aspect of this movie screams copycat.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/maid_in_manhattan.html (567 words)

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