The Nanny Diaries

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The Nanny Diaries

PG-13,

2007,

1h 44m,

Comedy

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A college student, Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), with a working-class background takes a nanny job with Mr. and Mrs. X (Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney), an affluent but highly dysfunctional Manhattan couple. She must find a way to manage her studies, a new boyfriend, and the demands of her new employers and their spoiled offspring.

Critics Consensus

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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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 23, 2018

What is this film about? Nothing. It's senseless and horrid, patronising to all women everywhere, and extremely tiresome.

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

May 1, 2008

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.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Oct 12, 2007

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.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 17, 2020

2.0/4.0

The real tragedy of this film's utter mediocrity is that it masks a marvelous performance from Laura Linney.

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Brandy McDonnell

The Oklahoman

Aug 8, 2018

3.5/4

"The Nanny Diaries" has its share of plot holes and cliches but stands on the strength of its performances.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 24, 2017

C+

Bland and shallow satire on being a college grad nanny on Manhattan's Upper East Side for a dysfunctional rich couple.

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Finn S

Apr 13, 2019

Why did we watch this? This might be the worst movie I've seen in a decade.

Poe P

Nov 15, 2018

Just re-watched this charming observation of the rich and the even more rich, and their lifestyles with nannies.. Surprisingly in 2018 it holds up well. Nothing, it seems to have halted the endless circle of money,entitlement and child care by someone other than the original parents. it's a well-filmed story of a nanny trying to find herself before hitting the suggested grind of the financial mills. Johansson plays a low-key nanny/anthropologist and doesn't add much except a bug-eyed expression as her Laura Linney mother boss call the shots. Linney is absolutely stunning as a well groomed and beauty sparred upper New York 'committee' empty days mother. The gap between the rich and not rich but educated is still relevant and the direction cuts into impressive vignettes of what tragic things matter to this league of material junkies.

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Theodore M

Aug 30, 2017

Fun charming chick flick

Han P

Jun 28, 2017

Not really a comedy, since here are no real laughs, but a lighter view of a dysfunctional wealthy family that doesn't meet the needs of anyone in it, although the drama is not severe, I still hurt for them.

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Hermione S

Jan 5, 2017

It's good movie to watch

Han R

Aug 21, 2015

Lame movie that is basically a prequel to the avengers.

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Shari Springer Berman

Director

Robert Pulcini

Director

Scarlett Johansson

Annie Braddock

Laura Linney

Mrs. X

Paul Giamatti

Mr. X

Alicia Keys

Lynette

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Synopsis

A college student, Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), with a working-class background takes a nanny job with Mr. and Mrs. X (Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney), an affluent but highly dysfunctional Manhattan couple. She must find a way to manage her studies, a new boyfriend, and the demands of her new employers and their spoiled offspring.

Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
Screenwriter: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Weinstein Company
Rating: PG-13 (Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.9M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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