Live-In Maid
Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: July 18, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
The result is a film of startling insight and grace. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Pitch-perfect social comedy. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
What Live-in Maid offers is a pitch-perfect observation of life on a continent where forms are adhered to, distances aren't really kept, and your best friend is the person who knows to pour the cheap domestic whiskey into the empty bottle of imported stuff before your bridge buddies show up to judge you. Read full review
83
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Live-In Maid is a lived-in movie. Its cataclysms may be small in scale, but the movie brings us so far into these women's lives that a shattered cup creates an earthquake. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
Powered by two first-rate performances, Jorge Gaggero's debut feature is full of psychological nuance and keen social observation. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Modest in scope, but it feels complete, fully inhabited, in a way that more overtly ambitious movies rarely do. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
A vivid portrait of a society in the midst of wrenching change, but it transcends its immediate context to become a thoughtful, even unforgettable, chamber piece, performed with exquisite subtlety by two fine actresses. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Weary and overworked to her very bones, Dora nevertheless has a heart of gold and a spine of steel. The movie does, too. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Low-key yet has a lot to say about class struggle. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleSteve Winn
A modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Quite easily Live-in Maid could have descended into a kind of Joan Crawford-Bette Davis gorgon salute. But everyone here seems way too smart for that, though apparently the movie is being prepped for an English-language version. So beware. Read full review
70
VarietyDeborah Young
A fairly successful attempt at satire, though given the subject, there's a lot of darkness under the carpet. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A fine Argentinean film with English subtitles. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Live-In Maid's premise would be ideal for a play, or a bravura performance piece like Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant." Read full review
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