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A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Begonya Plaza
- Maria
- (as Begoña Plaza)
Rain Phoenix
- Brie Starkey
- (as Rainbow Phoenix)
Teddy Wilson
- Woodrow
- (as Theodore Wilson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe band at the party, the Loaded Blanks, are actually the hard rock band Great White.
- GoofsWhen Maria uses the vacuum cleaner after Jessie sucks up the curtains, a significant portion of the debris lands on the pink chair behind Maria. In the next shot when Maria shouts angrily in Spanish, the chair is clean.
- Quotes
Jessie Montgomery: You're a witch!
Stella Winston: I'm perfectly harmless!
Jessie Montgomery: That's what they said about asbestos!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: They'll Do it Every Time: Part One (1989)
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Jessie is a spoiled rich kid who finally pushes her widowed father Charles too far. After her father wishes he never had a daughter, one day Jessie wakes up with nothing and is told by "fairy godmother" Stella she will have to make it on her own. The poor girl has no idea how to do that, and the results are predictable but hilarious. The only reason she can get a job: the eccentric but loaded Starkeys want a white maid for a change, and they are amazingly patient. Stan is an agent who represents entertainers but has hit a slump; Georgette changes her hair style (and hair color) numerous times and finally gets it right. Their other servants are Audrey, a formerly popular black singer who had a drinking problem but had children to raise (she doesn't seem to be married), Maria from El Salvador, and klutzy chauffeur Nick.
Eventually, Jessie learns her lesson, and the ending is formulaic but enjoyable. This is a movie that reminds all of us we should be nice to everyone, even the servants, and not be too proud to do the dirty jobs in life.
Ally Sheedy was good most of the time. She started out spoiled but still easy to like, and ended up sweet. The one problem I had with her performance was when she begged for her old life back. Somehow that just didn't seem right. Even though her character was supposed to be a whiner, she just seemed too whiny. Overall, the good outweighed the bad by a large margin.
Most of the other acting performances were really good. I especially liked Theodore Wilson as Charles' servant, maybe because I've seen him in so many roles going back to his days as the mailman on "That's My Mama". And Tom Skerritt is always good.
This was a pleasant movie with lessons to teach us, even though the theme has been repeated many times.
Eventually, Jessie learns her lesson, and the ending is formulaic but enjoyable. This is a movie that reminds all of us we should be nice to everyone, even the servants, and not be too proud to do the dirty jobs in life.
Ally Sheedy was good most of the time. She started out spoiled but still easy to like, and ended up sweet. The one problem I had with her performance was when she begged for her old life back. Somehow that just didn't seem right. Even though her character was supposed to be a whiner, she just seemed too whiny. Overall, the good outweighed the bad by a large margin.
Most of the other acting performances were really good. I especially liked Theodore Wilson as Charles' servant, maybe because I've seen him in so many roles going back to his days as the mailman on "That's My Mama". And Tom Skerritt is always good.
This was a pleasant movie with lessons to teach us, even though the theme has been repeated many times.
- vchimpanzee
- Oct 2, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Traumfrau vom Dienst
- Filming locations
- 32596 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, California, USA(Starkey residence)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,868,521
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,162,491
- Aug 2, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $9,868,521
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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