Overview
A darkly comedic exploration of loyalty and the complexities of domestic life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- uncomfortable
- naturalistic
- darkly comic
- arthouse movie night
- international cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the film as an empathetic, finely tuned domestic drama elevated by Catalina Saavedra's devastating performance and Sebastián Silva's naturalistic direction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Raquel has served the same family for 23 years and treats her employment as an emotionally defining relationship.
The family home functions as the central social space where Raquel's subordinate position and dependence are continuously negotiated.
Catalina Saavedra's portrayal shifts Raquel between subservience, scheming, isolation, and vulnerability without reducing her to a simple victim.
The film's darkly comic situations emerge from Raquel's attempts to protect her position inside the household.
Films like The Maid, and why
Roma
naturalistic domestic drama examining class tension, emotional dependency, and a woman's constrained agency
The Second Mother
empathetic social realism centered on domestic labor, class hierarchy, and a commanding female performance
The Housemaid
sharp, uncomfortable comedy-drama about service work, family dynamics, and shifting power within a household
Movie Details
- Director
- Sebastián Silva
- Release Date
- 2009-08-13
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (94)
Cast
- Catalina Saavedra
- Claudia Celedón
- Andrea García-Huidobro
- Mariana Loyola
- Alejandro Goic
- Delfina Guzmán
- Anita Reeves
- Luis Dubó
- Agustín Silva
- Juan Pablo Larenas
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Maid about?
- A long-serving Chilean maid wages an increasingly desperate and darkly comic fight to remain indispensable to the family she serves.
- What is The Maid like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Maid as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Maid violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Maid.
- What did critics think of The Maid?
- Critics broadly praise the film as an empathetic, finely tuned domestic drama elevated by Catalina Saavedra's devastating performance and Sebastián Silva's naturalistic direction.
- Which films are like The Maid?
- Films with a similar feel include Roma, The Second Mother, and The Housemaid.
- How long is The Maid?
- The Maid runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Maid?
- In United States, The Maid streams on fuboTV, Philo, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
