Thanks to the efforts of writer/director Lila Aviles, it makes its fair share of points without spelling them out for the audience which makes it all the more admirable.

| Sep 25, 2020

A solvent portrait of the lengths we go to in producing capital. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 7, 2020

Subtle, intimate and very captivating. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 28, 2020

[An] engrossing narrative feature debut by actor-turned-director Lila Avilés.

| Mar 17, 2020

There is something fascinating in the struggle of this woman faced with the impersonality of the human condition. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Mar 14, 2020

A transcendent film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 12, 2020

The lack of any social theme for the purposes of vulgar didactism maintains one's interest in The Chambermaid. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2020

As modest as its heroine. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2020

[An] intimate and enlightening portrait. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2020

How the film counters its protagonist's ambitions makes for an alternately bleak and reverent experience, leaving us with an understanding of what "women's work" really means.

| Feb 25, 2020

There are perhaps two ways you can read the conclusion to Eve's story, although which one you choose may depend on your own personal outlook on life.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 6, 2020

Inevitable comparisons to Roma will be unfair, but Mexico put The Chambermaid in that position by selecting it as their Oscar submission.

| Original Score: C | Jan 28, 2020

"The Chambermaid" is at its best and worst when focusing on the routines of hotel staff, though more so the former than the latter.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2019

This is a very quiet and understated observational drama. It's not just quiet, but patient... It's also very compassionate.

| Oct 1, 2019

director Lila Avilés shines a light on the life of a woman who crosses paths with many but is seen by few.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 29, 2019

A wonderfully human portrait of life on the bottom rung.

| Aug 31, 2019

Avilés challenges us to look beyond the uniform and pay close attention to the lives of workers cleaning up the wealthier's waste.

| Aug 21, 2019

It's the sort of film that draws you in slowly, only to beautifully earn your attention with unexpectedly poignant moments throughout.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 14, 2019

Truly remarkable. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 12, 2019

The director's perspective, along with Carlos Rossini's eye (her cinematographer) make the lead Gabriela Cartol take over the camera and deliver a work at times delicate, hilarious and painful. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 8, 2019