Maid in Manhattan (2002) on Netflix
PG-1320021h 45mComedyDramaRomance
Marisa Ventura, a single mother, works as a maid at a Manhattan hotel. Guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall mistakes her for a socialite when she tries on an expensive coat.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb5.4/10103,322 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes38%
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Plot summary
Marisa Ventura is a single mother who raises her son Ty and cleans rooms at the Beresford Hotel in Manhattan. Christopher Marshall, a candidate for the Senate, stays at the hotel, where Ty befriends him. Marisa's co-worker Stephanie talks her into trying on an expensive coat belonging to Caroline Lane, a socialite guest. Chris meets Marisa while she wears it and takes her for Caroline. The two are drawn to each other, and Marisa fears what the hotel will do if the truth comes out.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Maid in Manhattan (2002)
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- Hilary Swank was set to star in the lead of what became Maid in Manhattan when John Hughes was announced as its director, but both were gone by the time Jennifer Lopez entered negotiations in July 2001, when the film was still titled The Chambermaid.
- On the first day of production in the Bronx, paparazzi and spectators mobbed the shoot and forced filming to stop, and police were called; director Wayne Wang said no one in the production was prepared for it.
