| Rating: 1/5 A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family.
When this movie was unceremoniously yanked back in April 2007, right before its initially scheduled release, I thought it must be pretty bad.
Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.After graduating from Montclair State, New Jersey Girl Annie can't make up her mind about what to do with her life. Yet all along the way attachment and friendship is developed between Annie and Grayer a real coming of age story for Annie to see this society in an anthropological way and learn from it and come of age. Annie quickly learns that the X's are not as they initially presented themselves.
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Was this review helpful? The book was much better. A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. What should have been a comedic romp a la 'Sex & The City' with moments of dramatic introspection turned into a hate-filled misanthropic mess. October 12, 2007
Only to soon have reality crash in once she's hired by a Manhattan socialite and sophisticated classy upper east side narcissist called Mrs. X(Laura Linney) who does nothing, but shop and eat out all day and attend glamour events. This Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.
'The Nanny Diaries' takes aim at upper class New Yorkers who neglect their kids leaving them with their hassled nannies. The cinematography is competent, even pretty, and one of the actors, Stephen O'Reilly, has triumphed over the abysmal script and clunk-ridden direction to actually be an endearing screen presence. I found myself searching for other things to do during the movie because it just didn't grip you into the story. It could have been much stronger if it were just a tinge more wicked instead of being primitively moralist right at the end in the name of maternal love -- I mean, I still have mommy issues.
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If you were to make a "modern-day Mary Poppins," at least make it a decent movie. 9 out of 11 found this helpful. A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. August 8, 2018 This is an excellent Date Movie. The ever beautiful and attractive Scarlett Johansson stars as Annie Braddock a suburban New Jersey girl who just graduates college and she has dreams of becoming an anthropologist.
| So it now falls on Annie to look after five year old Grayer(Nicholas Art) and it's very tough as to Mrs. X Annie never does anything right. 27 out of 42 found this helpful. Comedy, Please click the link below to receive your verification email. It is uncomfortable watching a character who is so out of her depth, while the Nanny in the book grew up in that society, yet could still see the ridiculousness of it. 20 out of 38 found this helpful.
Yet beyond that much isn't clear so Annie moves to New York City to take a job as a nanny and first she feels freedom!
The story follows a recent anthropology graduate who takes a job as a nanny for a rich Fifth Avenue family, but she finds the culture shock a little hard to handle. Scarlett Johansson doesn't pop up in this sort of light comedy/romantic comedy genre much, so this is a rare occasion to see her display just how funny she can be.
The movie was just OK.
Annie quickly learns that she has more than her hands full taking care of him.
November 17, 2011 While she has been less appealing in other films (The Prestige comes to the fore), the physical schtick they made her go through (such as the fall on receipt of her diploma, or the costumes and other hassles with Grayer/Grover) really was just painful to watch. 56 of 96 people found this review helpful. This the movie makers have not achieved. To find herself, she takes a job as a nanny in Manhattan's toney Upper East Side, tells her mother she got the internship, and moves in with the X family - a cheating husband, a control-freak wife, and Grayer, a lad of five.
Nothing and no-one is convincing or funny, except for Mr O'Reilly, who has genuine charm. Was this review helpful? Cinemark
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Director (s): Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Donna Murphy, John Henry Cox, Alicia Keys Those couple of things were not worth the 1:45 of my life I wasted watching this title.
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The best part of the movie was Scarlet; she is just gorgeous no matter what role they place her in. Only to soon have reality crash in once she's hired by a Manhattan socialite and sophisticated classy upper east side narcissist called Mrs. X(Laura Linney) who does nothing, but shop and eat out all day and attend glamour events. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. And if her villainy wasn't enough, a shockingly hairless Giametti is around to add insult and the excuse for Linney's malevolent behavior. Scarlett's great at being the nanny.