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Maid in Manhattan (2002) -- A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
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Overview

User Rating:
4.6/10   28,708 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Hughes (story)
Kevin Wade (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 December 2002 (USA) more
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Tagline:
This Christmas ... love checks in. more
Plot:
A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(68 articles)
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Entirely Unoriginal Retelling Of The Cinderella Story more (223 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jennifer Lopez ... Marisa Ventura

Ralph Fiennes ... Christopher Marshall

Natasha Richardson ... Caroline Lane

Stanley Tucci ... Jerry Siegel

Tyler Posey ... Ty Ventura (as Tyler Garcia Posey)
Frances Conroy ... Paula Burns

Chris Eigeman ... John Bextrum

Amy Sedaris ... Rachel Hoffberg
Marissa Matrone ... Stephanie Kehoe
Priscilla Lopez ... Veronica Ventura

Bob Hoskins ... Lionel Bloch
Lisa Roberts Gillan ... Cora

Maddie Corman ... Leezette

Sharon Wilkins ... Clarice
Jayne Houdyshell ... Carmen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Made in New York (USA) (poster title)
The Chambermaid (USA) (working title)
Untitled John Hughes (USA) (working title)
Uptown Girl (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some language/sexual references.
Runtime:
105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the Spanish dubbed version, Bob Hoskins character has the same dub-player as Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day (1993). Both are butler characters. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The hotel manager enters the lift with Chris, Marisa and Ty but by the end of the scene, the manager does not seem to have had an opportunity to leave politely, but is nonetheless no longer there. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Marisa: Come on. Get your coat. We gotta go. You have everything?
Ty: Yeah.
Marisa: Hurry up, sweetie. We're late. Ty. Today papí. You're killing me, Ty. Right now you're killing mommy.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Reel Paradise (2005) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Coming Out more

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42 out of 78 people found the following comment useful.
Entirely Unoriginal Retelling Of The Cinderella Story, 23 June 2003
2/10
Author: sddavis63 (revsdd@gmail.com) from Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada

So, let's see. A hotel maid meets a candidate for the Senate, except that she's all fancied up when she meets him so he doesn't know she's a maid - he thinks she's some rich socialite - and they fall in love until reality comes crashing in. Sounds like Cinderella. There's even some folk cast in the wicked stepmother role, except in this case it's the wicked hotel guest (Natasha Richardson) whose identity Marisa the maid (Jennifer Lopez) steals.

This really was a sad case for a movie, filled with completely unbelievable scenes: Marisa is really going to be allowed to borrow a fabulously valuable necklace from the hotel jewelry shop? 10 year old Ty (Tyler Posey) is really going to be able to get into a news conference with a Senate candidate - and ask questions?! And Ralph Fiennes as a serious Senate candidate?

Believe me, this is not worth the effort of watching.

2/10

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