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By
TERESSA ELLIOTT
Formulaic romance starring
Jennifer Lopez (as maid, natch, Marisa Ventura)
and Ralph Fiennes (as Senatorial candidate Chris
Marshall).
The audience can figure out what will happen long
before the characters can and the film has another
problem called lack of chemistry (between the
leads, of course). That combination makes the love
story boring and not worth watching. But, a
subplot involving Marisa's desire to better her
life and leave the projects and a pessimistic
mother behind gives the film a tiny snap.
The DVD has no extras aside from a few trailers
and a website address on "Maid in Manhattan"
style, so it's almost like the filmmakers also
knew the film was a dud. |
