Seriously? Fairy Godmother? Okay, I'm not totally against fantasy and magic in a film, but this just seemed lazy. It's like the script writers knew where they wanted to go, but had no idea how to get there. In the late Eighties, Hollywood was aghast at the re-election of Ronald Reagan, and there were a lot of caricatures of the evil rich, and of the nobility of poverty and labor. The caricatures of the rich people went a bit far, and weren't really very funny. And record company executives being enthused over a singer who does old Motown sound? They were looking for a "new" thing, and though Merry Clayton was in fine voice, there are tons of people who can sing old songs well. The plot was formulaic and predictable, on top of being ridiculous. Just not a very good film.
Review of Maid to Order
