‘The Valet’ Film Review: Eugenio Derbez Farce Crashes as Both Rom-Com and Class Satire

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When the photo of the three surfaces online — and speculation about Olivia and Vincent’s relationship threatens the box office of her new film “Earhart” and his relationship with his purse-string holding wife Kathryn (Betsy Brandt) — Vincent tracks down Antonio and makes him a cash offer to pretend to be Olivia’s new boyfriend.

Antonio takes him up on it, thinking that the cash will help him win back his ex-wife Isabel (Marisol Nichols).The relationship between The Actress and The Valet, staged in front of paparazzi cameras, is a hit.

Remember the attention given to Cher and “Bagel Boy” Rob Camilletti back in 1986? Onlookers gawp at this union that traverses the socioeconomic and geographical divides of Los Angeles, and Antonio becomes a working-class folk hero for members of the community who feel they’re largely ignored and dehumanized by the wealthy individuals they serve.“The Valet,” ergo, serves as a humanizing story, a call to action to treat other human beings with dignity and to reach across class divides to learn about each other.

It turns out that Olivia is a tremendously lonely person, and once she gets to know Antonio’s warm family, she clings to the love they extend to her.