The Valet

A movie star (Samara Weaving) pretends to date a parking attendant (Eugenio Derbez) after being caught with a married billionaire in The Valet.

The film takes a serious turn in the third act. The Valet does not go in a predictable direction. It fits into the context of the story but feels like a buzzkill. Antonio and his Mexican peers are "invisible" to the people they serve. The supporting characters are integral to the film's humor. The Valet is a surprisingly effective commentary on class disparity. They evolve into a critical part of the narrative's resolution. He rides his bike to work as a parking valet at the ritzy Kobra restaurant. Olivia Allan (Weaving) is a megastar with a blockbuster film coming out. Antonio Flores (Derbez) lives with his saucy mother (Carmen Salinas) and teenage son (Joshua Vasquez) in a small Los Angeles apartment. The filmmakers could have achieved rom-com greatness by sticking with a lighter touch in the end. The fake couple bumbles through laugh-out-loud differences in class, race, and ethnicity.

It's light-hearted and loose enough that poignancy and depth have space to play.

But "The Valet" does. "The Valet" is a remake of a 2006 French comedy of the same name. "The Valet" could use some trimming. She is convinced the relationship with the valet is a sham, so she hires a private detective to follow the "couple" around. Derbez has been around for a long time, working in television and movie projects in both Mexico and the United States. His 2013 film "Instructions Not Included" was a runaway hit, both in the United States and internationally, making the kind of money first-time directors barely allow themselves to contemplate. Derbez just recently appeared in Best Picture winner " CODA." He's the center of "The Valet," which he also produced, and he's believable as a good man trying to do the right thing, trapped by circumstances beyond his control. The issue of "chemistry," romantic or otherwise, isn't on the table in "The Valet." Nobody is at risk of falling in love with the fake person in the fake scenario. Fisher wrote " Wedding Crashers." The two teamed up to write "Overboard," the 2018 remake of the 1987 comedy (also starring Derbez). Their comedic chops are apparent in "The Valet." The comedic "situation" of a movie star pretending to date a valet doesn't yield all that much fruit. Meanwhile, in a completely different world, movie star Olivia Allen ( Samara Weaving) is caught by the paparazzi out with the married billionaire Vincent Royce ( Max Greenfield). Scandal erupts, threatening his business deal and the premiere of her upcoming movie "Earhart." Unwittingly, Antonio—in his valet uniform—is in the background of the tabloid photo, so Vincent comes up with a plan. The tropes in play in "The Valet" are those of culture-clash romcoms, where two people of different backgrounds have to somehow reconcile and merge their worlds. Olivia and Antonio go out to lunch together, in full view of the paparazzi, and he also attends the movie premiere. Antonio ( Eugenio Derbez) works as a valet and lives in a small apartment unit with his mother (the late—and great— Carmen Salinas). Antonio is separated from his wife, but he views the separation as temporary.

“The Valet” is a remake of a French comedy that tells the story of Antonio (played by Derbez) who parks luxury cars for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills ...

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The Gist: Antonio (Derbez) is a mega-doofus. His flat-top haircut is straight off a football card from 1964. His mustache inspires people to say things like ...

Meanwhile, Kathryn knows she’s married to a weasel she can’t trust, and hires a slob private detective to follow the slob private detective Vincent hired to follow Olivia. Are Antonio and Olivia really going to fall in love and bridge the slob-snob divide? At first glance, the film is an eyeroller that mooshes together elements of buddy comedies, romantic comedies, wacky-ethnic-family comedies, class-divide comedies and spoofy movie-biz comedies. And she transitions from a satirical riff on Hollywood-star stereotypes to a grounded, thoughtful individual who just needs a friend and confidant. Our Take: The Valet is a legit charmer. Kathryn is not content to be the shitbird’s steamrolled wife. Olivia comes off a bit standoffish, but soon warms up to Antonio; she’s lonely and isolated and finds the warmth of Antonio’s omnipresent extended family endearing. Derbez’s subtle physical comedy wins us over, the old lady’s TMI sex talk comes from an honest place instead of a raunchy one, and Weaving shows us a character who performs while at work but is so very tired of performing during everyday life. A silly premise maybe, but the film ends up being a vehicle for Mexican funnyguy Eugenio Derbez and Nine Perfect Strangers and The Babysitter star Samara Weaving, who share terrific chemistry in this very silly, but unexpectedly charming little movie. Elsewhere in Los Angeles, a shitbird named Vincent (Max Greenfield) enjoys a clandestine hotel-room tryst with Olivia Allan (Weaving). He’s a failson-in-law who married into a billionaire family and works as a developer who’s going to gentrify the living crap out of Antonio’s neighborhood. As you might predict, the scenario finds Antonio Mr. Beaning his way down red carpets, chowing down on free limo food, sweating profusely as Olivia kisses him in public, and being mistaken for the waitstaff at fancy parties. Like a said – doofus. His mustache inspires people to say things like, “Uh – that mustache” when he’s out of earshot.

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- International superstar Eugenio Derbez is the star and co-producer of the new romantic comedy "The Valet." In "The Valet," Derbez ...

But it also had a message for my core audience." He's been paid to act as a young star's boyfriend in order to cover up her affair with a very successful, very married businessman. But it also had a message for my core audience." He's been paid to act as a young star's boyfriend in order to cover up her affair with a very successful, very married businessman. He feels he doesn't deserve anything in life. He feels he doesn't deserve anything in life.

Comedy may be subjective, but for actor Eugenio Derbez (CODA), it also must be meaningful, so it can make an impact on an audience.

“It’s a pity that she was not able to watch the finished movie. Now, Derbez looks forward to making more movies that give him the opportunity to show what he can do as a dramatic actor. “I feel blessed to be a part of this movie that happens to be the last movie that Carmen Salinas did in her life,” Derbez said. He also wanted to make a film that recognized the working-class immigrants who are usually overlooked by society. It’s something he was able to capture in his last film, the 2021 Oscar-winning crowd-pleaser CODA, and something he’s looking to emulate moving forward, including in his latest film The Valet. You were cracking up!’ It was then that I realized that when a comedy doesn’t have a message or doesn’t have emotion or depth, it’s empty.