It’s still early days, but I think it’s fair to say that the record for this season of MovieNight is 2 for 2! The Maid is a near perfect movie in my opinion. It’s a dramatic comedy (or funny drama? dramcom?) that starts off as a somewhat slowly-paced glimpse into the daily life of a well-to-do Chilean family. The fly-on-the-wall point of view is just interesting enough to hold our attention while we get to know the family. While little clues lead us to suspect that all is not well in Raquel’s world, her character encourages us to laugh, albeit a bit nervously. When things start falling apart quickly, Raquel’s survival seems impossible. But then…

Of course I’m not going to give anything away, because perhaps some of the 50 or so people who visited this blog to read about The Maid and didn’t show up to MovieNight will want to watch it. They should.

And Jennifer Aniston? Well, kinda… we treated our faithful crew to an hilarious aprez-MovieNight screening of Star Stories: “Jennifer Aniston – The One Where Jen’s Husband Dumps Her For A Total Bitch”. More to come.

More about this film on IMDb