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Live-In Maid (2004)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:31

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: Live-In Maid is an insightful character piece with standout performances and a poignant slice of Argentina life.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 18, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: This Argentinean comedy centers on the tenuous friendship between a woman and her maid. Though the former aristocrat finds her finances dwindling, she holds onto her maid as proof she still belongs... This Argentinean comedy centers on the tenuous friendship between a woman and her maid. Though the former aristocrat finds her finances dwindling, she holds onto her maid as proof she still belongs to the upper class in Buenos Aires. [More]

Starring: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina

Starring: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina

Director: Jorge Gaggero

Director: Jorge Gaggero
Screenwriter: Jorge Gaggero

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Dec 4, 2007

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peg Aloi
Peg Aloi
Boston Phoenix

Incisive study of class relationships between a pauperized would-be aristocratic woman and the maid who is increasingly ready to break free.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
12/14/07
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Live-in Maid is a study of two women who appear not to like each other very much, yet their link makes for a moving drama about friendship.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/19/07
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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[A] simply told, but emotionally robust movie.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/19/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It paints a lovely, intimate portrait of a complex relationship and shows a side of Latin American life we rarely see on American screens.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/18/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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From the rooms and spaces which house the two women to the slow unraveling of their history together, Live In Maid is a wonder of economic storytelling.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
10/14/07
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

As a character study it carries a quiet, almost serene dramatic power as well as a strong current of dark humor.

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09/24/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

If you care about the art of movie acting, run to the Charles to see Norma Aleandro bring tragicomic stature to the role of a haute bourgeois Buenos Aires woman fallen on hard times in Live-In Maid.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
09/21/07
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

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.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/20/07
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Writer/director Jorge Gagggero has made a sensitive and lovely portrayal of two women.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
09/15/07
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

It's a small movie but a smartly detailed one.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
09/13/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Gaggero not only draws out such nuances from the two women but illustrates the complexities of their friendship with carefully constructed cinematography.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/08/07
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine

Live-In Maid is a modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/31/07
Steven Winn
Steven Winn
San Francisco Chronicle
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Even if I knew how things turned out in Live-In Maid, a fine Argentinean film with English subtitles, I wouldn't give away the ending.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment Comment
08/30/07
Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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Live-in Maid is a fascinating directorial exercise in observing characters whose long history together is coming to an end.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/10/07
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

Gaggero keeps his focus on the two women who, in order to survive, discover they must drop the facade of class and act upon their 30-year relationship.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/09/07
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

An unexpectly affectionate study of friendship between two very different Argentinian women who come from two different social classes.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/21/07
Film Threat

Dora and Beba both seem like real people, independent women who struggle to hide how dependent they really are.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/21/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Writer-director Gaggero shoots for a kind of docu-realism, with a few overtly cinematic interludes, like one well-paced split-screen sequence.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
07/21/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

The economic and social crisis that rocked Buenos Aires is only obliquely referred to, but in the character of Beba -- so beautifully played by the great Norma Aleandro -- we see the image of Argentina: a dignified beauty laid low by economic catastrophe.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/20/07
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
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