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.
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... [More]
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Reviews for Live-In Maid
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Incisive study of class relationships between a pauperized would-be aristocratic woman and the maid who is increasingly ready to break free. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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 |
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3/4 |
[A] simply told, but emotionally robust movie. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
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 |
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B+ |
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 |
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B+ |
As a character study it carries a quiet, almost serene dramatic power as well as a strong current of dark humor. Full Review |
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B+ |
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 |
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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 |
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Writer/director Jorge Gagggero has made a sensitive and lovely portrayal of two women. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's a small movie but a smartly detailed one. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Gaggero not only draws out such nuances from the two women but illustrates the complexities of their friendship with carefully constructed cinematography. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Live-In Maid is a modest chamber piece enriched by its affecting human harmonies and overtones. Full Review |
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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 |
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3/4 |
Live-in Maid is a fascinating directorial exercise in observing characters whose long history together is coming to an end. Full Review |
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B |
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 |
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4/5 |
An unexpectly affectionate study of friendship between two very different Argentinian women who come from two different social classes. Full Review |
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B+ |
Dora and Beba both seem like real people, independent women who struggle to hide how dependent they really are. Full Review |
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B- |
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 |
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3.5/4 |
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 |
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