What is your reaction in the movie of maid in Manhattan?

Answer 1

There were several reactions to the film, "Maid in Manhattan," with the majority being mixed. Many critics disliked it and felt that it was another fairytale-based "chick flick" without imagination, while others found it cute and charming.

Answer 2

It had been a long time since I have seen Maid in Manhattan. I espeically had not see it since I have been in this class, and I have developed more skills to be able to think analytically about it. I watched it agian today this after noon so it is fresh in my head. To answer the questions that were posted:

1. I feel that this movie does represnt/portray the latina woman is a stereotypical light in a lot of ways. Lopez's character is a working class single mother who is trying to make ends meet. It is interesting that they picked her to be a maid. It is as though they are alomst saying if she is going to be Latina she has to be portrayed in a working class lower end job. It makes me a little upset that it was so type casted. I also noticed that the WHOLE maid staff was all minorties as well. Which is quite offensive, and another unfair stereotype.

2. The relationship between Marisa and her son was s good relationship. They showed her as the loving, giving type that we have read so much about when we discussed latina mothers. It was like she was working, but i felt that everyhting seh did was so she could give her son a decent life. She comforted him when he needed it, she taught him lessons when he did wrong, and she comended him she he did right. I thought it was a good relationship for the most part. Until she fell in love that is, then her priorities may have gone out the window a little bit, but for the most part audiences got to see a good dipiction.

3. The friendship between Marisa and her friend seems much better then the one between chris and jerry. By better I mean marisa and stephanie are on the same level. There is no power trip from one side. It is a real freindship and is not dominated by one or the other. On the other hand, Chris and Jerry's freindship was like a constatnt power struggle. One was always trying to have power over the other. Jerry was trying to state is dominance and Chris was trying to state that he could not be dominated or controlled. It was interesting to see their version of displaying male dominance.

4.Ya i remember one scene in particular where she expericed a bit of racism. When she brought towels to the rich lady's suite they jsut dissmissed her like she was a peasant. And they said a few words in spanglish, assuming that she only spoke spanish. Also the Rich lady assumed her name was Maria because she was Latina. The racism she experienced in the movie was suttle but i still felt non the less is was still quite offensive. It was also a bit apauling that she just did not stand up for her self when she experienced these things. This was one of the parts of the movie that really disturbed me.

5. I definately felt taht my emotions got the best of me at the end of the movie. I was happy that they were together, so for a moment I negleted all of the thing wrong with the movie. Then I stopped and thought about it. I really do not liek rags to riches strories. They perpetuate the idea that one needs to change to be worthy of someone who may have money or be in another class then them. At the end they could not just leaver her as a maid, she had to break into management. I found it all problematic. Even though it was what she was trying to do the whole movie, it still did not sit well with me. Over all, beyond all the cheesy lovey dovey things about this movie, it is far to problematic to even be considered a good movie. I hate movies that perpetuate negative stereotypes and i feel this movies does just that, There are SOME good things about the movie (her relationship with her son) but over all it was not good when looked at analytically.