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Old 05-17-22 | 12:36 PM
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The Valet (2022, D: Wong) S: Samara Weaving, Eugenio Derbez



In The Valet, world famous movie star, Olivia (Samara Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent (Max Greenfield). The hard-working valet Antonio (Eugenio Derbez) accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as her new boyfriend as a cover up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos. In this fish out of water romantic comedy, two worlds and cultures collide as Olivia and Antonio start to see themselves more clearly than ever before.
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Re: The Valet (2022, D: Wong) S: Samara Weaving, Eugenio Derbez

Saw the trailer for this and see it's live on HULU. Trailer was funny. It's also a remake of the French film of the same name that was released in 2006. The original French version rocks. Added this one to the queue.
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My wife started this last night and I came in partway and kept watching. This had a lot of heart and some funny stuff too. Worth a watch.
Old 05-21-22 | 04:58 PM
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Re: The Valet (2022, D: Wong) S: Samara Weaving, Eugenio Derbez

It’s on Disney+ so I might check it out. Eugenio Derbez is a hit and miss with the English stuff but I’m usually a fan of his work.
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I will watch this eventually, but was surprised to see the run time is a bit over 2 hours.
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This was enjoyable. Wasn't horribly predictable. Light-hearted but fun.
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Re: The Valet (2022, D: Wong) S: Samara Weaving, Eugenio Derbez

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I will watch this eventually, but was surprised to see the run time is a bit over 2 hours.
Yeah, I looked it up and the original French version was only 80 minutes and one of the criticisms was that it was too short. This one goes the other direction by filling out some of the family stories and helps ground the characters a little more.
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Yea, I watched it and it was better than I expected based on the typical Derbez output. The runtime is a bit long, but it does make use of it to flesh out relationships.
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I loved that the ending made more sense than Marry Me. I was expecting
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Antonio to take Vincent’s car to see Olivia. Nice that he used his brother in-laws’s car instead.

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Re: The Valet (2022, D: Wong) S: Samara Weaving, Eugenio Derbez

This was not bad and as mentioned it was long for a comedy though a good Fri or Sat movie when you just want to be entertained.

Samara Weaving has a great body

I did not like it
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The ending where they were fighting over pickles



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