Your own personal thoughts
I have seen this movie on tv. I think its got a good story. But I dont believe its in my favorites.
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I love this movie!
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I was just thinking about this movie and had to look it up. I used to love it!
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I haven't seen it in years, but here's what I remember:
The good:
* Nice story
* Some laughs
* Nick is so hot
* The ending rules, where the maid gets a record deal
The bad:
* The rich couple they work for were annoying racists
I just watched it this morning. It was terribly dated...especially with the fashions and house decor. The movie is, at best, a cute Lifetime movie. However, I felt all the actors gave good performances...especially Dick Shawn. I didn't even realize it was him!
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"The rich couple they work for were annoying racists[.]"
They were.
But the point of the movie is that because of the situation
with Jesse coming into their lives, they were beginning to
change.
One of the beautiful changes is when Stan Starkey, having
virtually ignored his daughter Brie for her whole life,
at the benefit, excuses himself to dance with her.
Their change underscores the point of the movie that people
can and do change.
I had a crush on her back in the 80s.
sharePersonally, I love this movie! I know it wasn't at the top of everyone's list, but given that this movie is 25 years old (already???), it serves its purpose. I love Beverly D'Angelo and Ally Sheedy, and the plot of the film, though it's no manly action packed sports movie, again, it serves its purpose. I never realized until I was an adult that Katey Sagal played a small role in this movie. Of course, like other people, I feel Merry Clayton did an excellent job singing. Look at me, just rambling on, but I'm sure others feel the same way as me!
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As with most late '80s movies, you already see black culture slowly seeping into the mainstream. In this case, we have the black maids, the black lady wasting half the movie doing her "black mama" style singing, and all the other unrealistic, MTV "we are the world" crap.
It wouldn't be long before it went from this seemingly innocuous display of blacks to the omnipresent angry "rapper" animals, their filthy mouths, the rise of wiggerism, the cultural stereotype of the "white boy," the rampant ridicule of all things white or Western, and the supplanting of American popular culture with its most vile and low element, that of the American ghetto "culture."
This movie shows the beginning of the end.
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