Maid in Manhattan begins by showing a woman named Marisa Ventura, who is a single parent because she
is divorced from her ex-husband. She has a son named Ty. They seem to be riding a bus to take
her son to school. She always looks cheerful in front of Ty despite many problems on her mind.
Marisa works as cleaning service at a 5-star hotel in Manhattan, the Beresford Hotel, to fulfill
their needs. The guests who stay there come from wealthy people and important government officials.
Marisa has an outgoing and friendly personality, so many people like her. Her personality makes
her close to her co-workers, even like a sister. Her performance, which is considered excellent,
makes her superiors and guests always praise her service. Her busy schedule sometimes makes
Marisa have to take Ty to where she works. She did this so that she could monitor her child
and work at the same time. So, it can be said that the hotel is like a second home for them.
One time, Marisa and Stefani were asked to clean a socialite guest room for a guest named, Caroline.
She has a lot of luxury clothes and branded goods. This made Stefani feel very curious to touch it.
Marisa, who saw Stefani's attitude, asked her to return all the items so they would not become a
problem later. But she ignored Marisa's words. She instead tried to wear the guest's clothes
cost USD 5,000. She also forced Marisa to try on the clothes. Actually, Marisa had no
intention of trying to wear that dress at all. However, with Stefani's persuasion, she finally
wanted to try wearing them without thinking about the consequences. On the other hand,
Ty was bored staying in the room, so he asked Marisa's permission to walk around the hotel.
He went down using the hotel elevator while wearing a headset. While in the hotel elevator,
he meets a man who works in the government named Christopher Marshall. Ty, who knew Chris' figure
from the media, invited him to chat about their government system. Chris thinks that
Ty is a smart kid. They also have something in common: they both idolize their president,
Richard Nextan. Then he took Ty for a walk in the park. But before Chris allowed Ty to come
with him, he told Ty to ask permission from his mother. After that, they came to the room
where Marisa and Stefani were, in Caroline's room. There, Marisa was seen wearing Caroline's clothes,
which cost thousands of dollars. Then Chris saw Marisa, who looked elegant like a socialite,
and he wanted to get acquainted with her. He finally took her and Ty for a walk in the park.
Arriving at the park, Chris was curious about Marisa, who he knew as Caroline.
He invited her to sit down and asked her to tell him more about her personality.
She seemed to have a hard time answering when he asked her a few questions because she was afraid
her disguise would be exposed. Unbeknownst to them, a male reporter secretly took pictures
of them from behind a tree. Apparently, Chris immediately noticed the reporter's presence,
so he took Marisa away from there because he was lazy to talk with the reporter.
Then he took her and Ty to see the penguins not far from the park. When he got there, Chris told
Marisa he wanted to take her to a restaurant for dinner. But she refused because she did not
have much time. When actually, she just doesn't want to see him again and continues her lies.
After they separated, Marisa returned to the hotel to return Caroline's clothes and continue
her work. At the same time, her boss asked her to come to meet her in the manager's room.
At that time, Marisa was afraid her boss would scold her because she wore a guest's clothes.
When she stepped into her superior's room, she was afraid. But her worries vanished after her
boss told her that she would be promoted to become the head of the cleaning service
because her performance was considered very good. Her boss said that they would review her
performance over the next 6 months before she got that promotion. On the other hand, Chris, who has
fallen in love with Marisa, asks the hotel's butler, Lionel, to send a letter to Caroline.
He didn't know that Caroline he had sent a letter to was different from the one he met
yesterday. He couldn't wait for her response. Meanwhile, in Caroline's room, the original
Caroline was shocked when she received a lunch invitation letter from Christopher Marshall.
He was known to be a well-known representative of the people. Caroline, who did not want to waste
the invitation, was very happy and immediately put on her clothes to attend his invitation.
Marisa, who was in Caroline's room, knew this. She was terrified if her disguise yesterday was
exposed. Moreover, her boss asked her to host Chris and Caroline's lunch. She prayed and hoped
that what she feared would not happen. When the real Caroline came into Chris' room, he looked
confused because her face was very different from the one he saw yesterday. So, he asked the butler
if he had sent the letter to the right person. But Lionel assures him that he has sent the
letter to the right room and the room's owner is Caroline. This made Chris feel very confused. He
told Lionel about the characteristics of the woman he met yesterday. He said that the woman he met
yesterday had black hair with a 10-years-old boy named Ty. He felt sure that Caroline in his room
was not the person he had met yesterday. When he mentions Ty's name, Lionel immediately knows that
the boy is Marisa's child. He then went to Marisa to ask about it. But she didn't want to talk about
it. Marisa always seems to avoid him when she meets Chris. Lionel finally feels suspicious of
her because he notices her movements. One time, Chris accidentally met Marisa on the street.
He didn't want to lose her track, then he approached her. He invited her and Ty to go with
him. But she refused and kept telling him that she was busy at the moment then she just left him.
A few days later, Chris' assistant came to Lionel. He brought a letter from Chris to Caroline asking
her to attend a dance with him. He told Lionel to ensure the recipient was the right woman. Because
according to Chris, the one who met him yesterday was not the Caroline he meant. Lionel recalled
Chris talking about the woman he met yesterday with a child named Ty. Then he asked Marisa to
admit what really happened. After that, he gave the invitation letter to her. At first, Marisa
did not want to accept Chris's offer because they come from different backgrounds. However,
because she got pressure from her co-workers, she finally wanted to attend the invitation. With the
help of her co-workers and Ty, that night, Marisa dressed up as beautifully as possible before
she met Chris. The other hotel co-workers gave her a jewelry loan for her to wear that night.
At that time, she seemed very enthusiastic about meeting Chris. Moreover, that night, she wanted
to talk about their misunderstanding. Arriving at the party, Marisa was greeted by Chris, who was
already waiting for her. He was very mesmerized by her graceful look. Not long after, Chris stood up
and asked Marisa to dance. It turned out that the real Caroline was at the party as well. She saw
Chris dancing with a woman who looked familiar to her. She tries to get herself to dance with him.
When he turned away from Marisa, Caroline took the opportunity to dance with him. Meanwhile,
Marisa danced with Caroline's male friend. But before Caroline had time to dance with Chris,
he told her he had had to leave because he wanted to meet his partner. Then Marisa was back dancing
with him. Caroline, familiar with Marisa's face, immediately approached her. But she chose to
avoid Caroline. She doesn't want Caroline to ask about herself and talk about it in the middle of
an important party. She felt self-conscious and left the party. On the other hand, Chris,
who saw Marisa leave, approached her outside the building. He kept trying to stop her steps.
At that moment, he told his feeling to Marisa before she could tell him the truth.
After he told her about his feelings, they spent a long night together in his room.
The next day when Caroline was about to return to her room, she accidentally saw Marisa, who
had just come out of Chris' room. Marisa is seen wearing a men's sweater and a diamond necklace.
Caroline, who was jealous of her, went to the hotel superior's room to tell her
about the diamond used by Marisa. According to Caroline, a cleaning service officer can't have
a diamond necklace. She believes that Marisa has stolen the hotel guest's diamond necklace.
She asked the hotel security to see CCTV footage of Marisa's movements over the past week.
Not long after the CCTV was played, Caroline saw Marisa wearing her expensive clothes and walking
with Ty in the hallway of a hotel room. Because of that, Marisa was called by her superiors to
explain what happened on the CCTV. Finally, it was revealed that Marisa had deceived Chris using
Caroline's identity. She also asked expressly that the hotel wanted to fire Marisa. In the end, with
a heavy heart, the hotel fired her. Soon Chris was called to the CCTV room. There he seemed confused
about what was going on. Because all this time, he knew Caroline was Marisa. Feeling cornered,
Marisa could only cry because she knew what she had been doing was a big mistake. Marisa finally
handed over all her work equipment to the hotel. That day, her career was over, which she had been
fighting for a long time. Her hopes of becoming the head of the cleaning service instantly
vanished. She was forced to leave the job that had been supporting her family all this time.
Shortly after Marisa stepped out of the hotel, Chris chased her again. He was still asking her
about what really happened. Until she explained everything to him. At that time, Marisa said that
when she attended the party invitation, she wanted to tell Chris everything. But before
she could reveal it, he had cut her off. She was very sorry for what she had done because,
in the end, she had to lose her job that supported her family. Although Marisa sincerely loves Chris,
she realizes their background is very different. Then she stopped their conversation and left him.
Long story short, Marisa was accepted to work at another hotel. She started her new life
again after separating from Chris. But she feels something is missing in her life. It makes her
look less cheerful than when she worked at her old hotel. One day, Chris accidentally held an
event at the hotel where Marisa worked. There, Ty was seen watching him from the front row. When he
saw Ty's presence, he immediately approached him. At that time, he asked Ty about Marisa.
Ty invited Chris to meet Marisa at a cafeteria while resting. He felt impatient to meet again
with her. When they met, Chris confessed his feelings to her in front of all the reporters.
And that moment was being live streamed on television. Even though Chris knew Marisa
was just a cleaning service, he didn't care. He followed his heart this time that he loves her
and is willing to accept all her flaws. Finally, the incident became trending everywhere. Marisa
was very happy because now she could be with Chris. Their relationship has become a topic
of discussion in the community. Who would have thought that an ordinary person like
her could end up with a high-class person? The film ends. The moral that can be learned from
this movie is that love does not always look only at the physical and material
because when we fall in love, we don t use our logic but our heart.