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The Valet (2022)

The Valet poster
Directed by
Richard Wong
Genre
comedy, romance
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 665 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A parking valet is paid to pretend to date a famous actress. They try to trick the media and her powerful ex into believing their romance is real.

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What happens

The Valet is a 2022 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wong and written by Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg. It is a remake of the French film The Valet (2006) by Francis Veber. It stars Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving, with Max Greenfield, Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Amaury Nolasco, Carmen Salinas, Noemi Gonzalez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Ravi Patel, and John Pirruccello in supporting roles. The film is dedicated to Salinas, who died in 2021. The plot follows a parking valet (Derbez) who is hired to date an actress (Weaving) trying to cover up an affair. The film was released on Hulu on May 20, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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