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Movie Overview
Cast
Catalina Saavedra
Claudia Celedon
Mariana Loyola
Director
Sebastian Silva
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Theatrical Release
Oct 16, 2009 (Limited)
The Maid (2009)
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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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B+
"Here is a profound story of a woman who breaks out of a social cage that she maintained as much as her perceived masters."
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Full of tension, the first scene in The Maid (La Nana) sets up Raquel's grim and limited world."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
4/5
"A portrait of how an enthusiastic woman brings freshness and novelty into the life of a longtime maid who has sunk into exhaustion and depression"
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
B
"Writer/director Sebastián Silva uses a documentary shooting style that works to create an intimate, slightly unsettling portrait of a domestic on the edge."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
2.5/4
"Saavedra's performance has an unwavering intensity that serves the film well."
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
B+
"Writer/director Sebastian Silva...does not insult with his deft, sleight-of-hand storytelling, making this a wonderfully well-rounded story that never condescend but ascends."
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
7/10
"A low budget art house film stretching the envelop in comedic drama. Hilarity and insanity in the world of the workaday."
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
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