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Maid In Manhattan Movie Rating: 
Fluffy | |
| In this heavy-handed reworking of the Cinderella story, Jennifer Lopez attempts to keep it real by playing Marisa, a housekeeper at a luxury hotel who dreams of being promoted to assistant manager. After illicitly trying on some designer togs she finds in a room she's cleaning, Marisa is mistaken for a well-heeled socialite by a winsome senatorial candidate (Ralph Fiennes). Cheerfully aided by her blue-collar colleagues, she continues the charade, risking all that she's worked to achieve. | |
| Lopez brings a spunky charm to her role (although she's a bit too glamorous to be a convincing maid), and Fiennes exudes plenty of natural charisma. That their characters have absolutely nothing in common is of no importance in this trifling romantic comedy, which mainly just passes time until the inevitable fairy-tale ending. |
Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes.©2002 Columbia Pictures |
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