MAID IN MANHATTAN -- Wayne Wang, dir

©2002
studio: Sony Pictures
production company: Revolution Studios, Red Om Films, Hughes Entertainment, Shoelace Productions
director: Wayne Wang
cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Posey, Frances Conroy, Chris Eigeman, Amy Sedaris, Marissa Matrone, Priscilla Lopez, Bob Hoskins
screenplay: John Hughes (story) and Kevin Wade

A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. [from IMDb]

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This was an okay chick flick if you can get over the very premise that a maid who is a rising star (as far as maids go) and is on the fast track to management, would actually try on some clothes in one of the rooms that she cleans, and then lie about her name when a handsome man walks into the room. I felt that her character immediately dropped to a point where she wasn't worth the attention.

Other than this basic premise, I actually liked Lopez as the agressive single mom, and Fiennes as the politician with heart.

The story was rather predictable, with the cute, young kid being the catalyst for bringing the couple back together. Interestingly, even at the end with all the snapshots of their glory, there is no mention of them being married.

I'm not sure why this was in my Netflix queue, but I must have read something about it, so I'd placed in in the queue and it worked its way up.

An okay movie. Women are more likely to enjoy this. (And yes, I know I'll get crap for saying a sexist comment like that.)