The Maid's Room


The Maid's Room is a 2013 American psychological thriller film starring Paula Garces, Bill Camp, Annabella Sciorra and Philip Ettinger. The film was written and directed by Michael Walker.

Plot

A maid from Colombia comes to work for a family in Long Island. Their son comes home drunk one night, while parents are away. He apparently killed a man while under the influence of alcohol. The parents try to cover up. The maid wants to call the police. The father kills the maid. Father solicits the aid of his son to bury the dead maid in the marshes of their property. The maids friends show up and wants to see her. The father lies and says she left and that she also stole money. These friends know that this is a lie. They keep on coming back, till one night the father shoots his own son, thinking it’s one of the intruders. The son dies...and then jumps to a scene where the dad is looking out a window while his wife is sleeping.

Cast

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 4.57/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Nick Prigge of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four.