A modern, Beverly Hills twist of the classic It’s a Wonderful Life theme, Maid to Order is a story about rich and spoiled girl who has to start all over again as a maid after the fairy godmother grants his father his wish of her daughter never being born. Yes, really.

Ally Sheedy isn’t able to sell her being the spoiled brat, which kind cripples the beginning of the movie. The movie does get somewhat interesting after the friendship amongst the staff is deepened and once the musical talents of Merry Clayton are introduced. The performance she puts on here leaves many actuals musicals to shame.

Maid to Order is super lightweight fluff that takes place firmly in that alternative reality of Hollywood. It reminds me a lot of all the unsung trailers you’d see scattered around various VHS rental tapes, of movies nobody is quite sure if they really existed.

Here’s an actual proof that some of them do.

80s-o-meter: 89%

Total: 59%