Maid in Manhattan

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Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan film poster
Directed by	Wayne Wang
Written by	John Hughes (story) Kevin Wade (screenplay)
Starring	Jennifer Lopez Ralph Fiennes Natasha Richardson
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	105 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film, directed by Wayne Wang. It is based on a story by John Hughes, who is credited using a pseudonym.

1 Plot
2 Box office
3 Cast and characters
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son (Tyler Posey). One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa’s true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them.

Tagline: This Christmas ... love checks in

The plot of the movie is superficially similar to Pretty Woman, in that Lopez's character is at the bottom and gets involved with someone at the top, which is exactly what happens to the characters played by Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, although Vivian never used any deception about her character, unlike Marisa.

[edit] Box office

Earning $18,711,407 in the U.S. opening weekend, the movie was #1 at the box office playing in 2,838 theaters and showed decent legs in the coming weeks. Though critics blasted the film, MIM finished with over 154 million worldwide, more than half of which, came from the United States. The movie grossed $93,932,896 and remains Lopez's highest grossing film.