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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
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Reviews Counted:124
Fresh:41
Rotten:83
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: The Nanny Diaries' miscast lead and unrealistic, one-dimensional characters make this class satire far less effective than it should've been.
Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $25,847,144
Synopsis: Loosely based on the bestselling roman à clef by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus, THE NANNY DIARIES is the story of Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), a fresh-out-of-college Jersey girl who is... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys
Director: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
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Reviews for The Nanny Diaries
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For viewers who thought The Devil Wears Prada was way too hard-hitting Full Review |
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5/10 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
...can't help but come off as something of a disappointment... Full Review |
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5/10 |
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. Full Review |
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Suficientemente divertido e tocante para merecer uma recomendação %u2013 mesmo que reconheçamos claramente o maniqueísmo empregado para alcançar estes efeitos. Full Review |
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Girlfriends Scarlett and Alicia Keys rule, with plenty of wise and candid back talk from the army of immigrant nanny lifers, who view Scarlett's nanny skeptically as a temp tourist in the exploitative, luckless biz. Full Review |
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With Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti bravely acting their brains out... Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The Nanny Diaries is ultimately as shallow as the Upper East Side society it skewers, but more damaging is the lack of a truly dynamic star turn or romance that can turn these kind of movies into rainy day cable-TV staples. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A smart, well-acted bit of froth. Full Review |
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1/5 |
If you have a cast which includes Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti, you ought to give them something better to work with than this botched adaptation. Full Review |
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Amazing cast, abysmal movie. Full Review |
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But satire and emotional drama do not mix. When we giggle at the selfish enormities of this family’s lifestyle, we cannot be expected to weep for Johansson’s lonely hearted childminder. Full Review |
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1/5 |
This is supposed to be satire. But it is satire that behaves so predictably it isn’t worth studying. Full Review |
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If Sofia Coppola were given a lobotomy and asked to remake The Devil Wears Prada for the au pair profession, she might have produced something like this horribly pleased-with-itself childcare comedy. Full Review |
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Despite that frequently saccharine tone, It’s worth catching for Linney’s ice-cold performance and a wonderfully snakey Giamatti. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Batten down the hatches; here's a film that really blows. Full Review |
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The wholesome child-friendly lessons made me feel queasy. Full Review |
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