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The Nanny Diaries (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 129
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 86

The Nanny Diaries' miscast lead and unrealistic, one-dimensional characters make this class satire far less effective than it should've been.

14

Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 32

The Nanny Diaries' miscast lead and unrealistic, one-dimensional characters make this class satire far less effective than it should've been.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 138,740

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Adapted from the best-selling novel, the whimsical, heartwarming comedy The Nanny Diaries concerns Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), a recent college graduate from New Jersey whose nurse mother makes an unsuccessful bid to pressure her into a white-collared business career. Sidetracking this path for more colorful pursuits, Annie accepts a position as nanny and domestic servant for a wealthy couple on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, known only as "The Xs" (Paul Giamatti and a heavily

Dec 4, 2007

$25.8M

MGM

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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (89) | DVD (14)

'The Nanny Diaries': Huh? It's supposed to be a comedy?

August 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comment
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The Nanny Diaries, despite many bright moments and a superior level of craftsmanship, is now a flabby urban fairy tale.

August 27, 2007 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
New Yorker
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This is the sort of ho-hum production that will likely seem less disappointing on a smaller screen.

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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Whatever its faults are, The Nanny Diaries is hardly the disaster that the gossipmongers -- including, perhaps, even the studio that made it -- want us to believe.

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
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A clever, satiric novel turned dull-witted movie.

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
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A film that is even more lightweight and clichéd than the fluff that was the best-selling book.

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
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For viewers who thought The Devil Wears Prada was way too hard-hitting

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
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Stalled out in mediocre-land, and choices like the narration, the overbearingly cutesy art direction and costume design, and even preserving the convention of calling them Mr. and Mrs. X pulled you out of the story and dragged it down.

August 27, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | Comment

Where's Mary Poppins when you need her?

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Here's hoping that the very talented [Shari] Springer [Berman] and [Robert] Pulcini get a crack at a script that's worthy of their talents for their third time at bat.

May 1, 2008 Full Review Source: MSNBC | Comment

...can't help but come off as something of a disappointment...

March 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

By painting with too broad a brush, Nanny gets laughs at the expense of any sort of deeper commentary the filmmakers were obviously hoping to achieve.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | Comment
Colorado Springs Gazette

Suficientemente divertido e tocante para merecer uma recomendação %u2013 mesmo que reconheçamos claramente o maniqueísmo empregado para alcançar estes efeitos.

January 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena

In his commentary, exec-producer Harvey Weinstein says he offered a $100,000 bounty for the identity of Mrs. X, but in Confessions from the Original Nannies, the book's authors insist she was a fictional amalgam.

December 2, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Girlfriends Scarlett and Alicia Keys rule, in this girl fight class warfare class act.

December 2, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Nanny Diaries

Quite enjoyed this film! It's one that make you feel good and happy. A must see!

June 23, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

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I wouldn't say this completely blew me away or something, but it was enjoyable. Though "flying around with a red umbrella" was a bit weird and there were more cheesiness involved (which I don't feel like explaining and it was tolerable enough to forgive), but this wasn't bad after all. The story reflects the

August 26, 2010
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Dead Angel

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