Rating: PG13
Genre: Romance
Theatrical Release: 12/13/2002(USA
Release Date: 03/25/2003
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

Can a wealthy Republican politician find happiness with a chambermaid from the Bronx? One man is about to find out, though he hardly realizes it at first, in this romantic comedy from director Wayne Wang. Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a single mother who is raising her gifted but under-confident son Ty (Tyler Garcia Posey) on her own, with some help from her mother Veronica (Priscilla Lopez), after divorcing her husband. Marisa works as a housekeeper at the exclusive Beresford Hotel in Manhattan, where her boss Paula Burns (Frances Conroy) and chief butler Lionel Bloch (Bob Hoskins) urge Marisa and her best friend and fellow maid Stephanie (Marissa Matrone) to be as efficient and inconspicuous as possible. One day, while cleaning the room of noted socialite Caroline Lane (Natasha Richardson), Stephanie spies a beautiful designer gown and dares Marisa to try it on; against her better judgment, she does, and while all dolled up, she bumps into Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a wealthy and well-bred bachelor who is running for the Senate. Immediately charmed, Chris asks Marisa to join him for a walk in Central Park, assuming she's the blue-blooded Caroline. Marisa manages to join Chris for the afternoon, with Ty in tow, and Chris finds himself quite taken with Marisa's beauty and down-to-earth personality, as well as Ty's precocious interest in politics. Chris later calls Caroline's room to set up a lunch date, but soon discovers the stuffy Ms. Lane is not the woman he met before. Marisa is also attracted to Chris, but while her friends encourage her to pursue a romance, Veronica believes her daughter is asking for trouble by trying to win a man so far out of her social strata. The supporting cast also includes Stanley Tucci and Amy Sedaris.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jennifer Lopez - Marisa Ventura
Frances Conroy - Paula Burns
Christopher Eigeman - John Bextrum
Ralph Fiennes - Christopher Marshall
Bob Hoskins - Lionel Bloch
Priscilla Lopez - Veronica Ventura
Marissa Matrone - Stephanie Kehoe
Tyler Garcia Posey - Ty Ventura
Natasha Richardson - Caroline Lane
Amy Sedaris - Rachel Hoffberg
Stanley Tucci - Jerry Siegel

Production:
Wayne Wang - Director
Paul Schiff Deborah Schindler Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas - Producer
Richard Baratta - Co Producer
Alan Silvestri - Composer
Craig McKay - Editor
Kevin Wade - Screen Writer
Susan Bode-Tyson - Set Designer
Patricia Woodbridge - Art Director
Jonathan Strauss - Casting
Todd Thaler - Casting
Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Cinematographer
Albert Wolsky - Costume Designer
Benny Medina - Executive Producer
Charles James Newirth - Executive Producer
Glen Trotiner - First Assistant Director
Randall Poster - Makeup Supervisor
Jane Musky - Production Designer
Edmond Dantes - Screen Story
Paul Schiff - Second Unit Director
Michael Kirchberger - Sound Editor
Allan Byer - Sound/Sound Designer
Cassandra Boyd - Assistant Art Director

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