Fresh
The conclusion is desperately trite, but Linney's performance helps this comedy - based on a novel by two nannies, take note - feel like a credible peek behind very expensive curtains.
Anna Smith, Time Out
The Nanny Diaries
A comedy about life at the top, as seen from the bottom.
2007 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Shari Springer Berman
,
Robert Pulcini
Overview
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Director and cast
- Shari Springer Berman Director
- Robert Pulcini Director
- Scarlett Johansson as Annie Braddock
- Laura Linney as Mrs. X
- Chris Evans as Hayden "Harvard Hottie"
- Paul Giamatti as Mr. Stan X
- Nicholas Art as Grayer Addison X
- Donna Murphy as Judy Braddock
- Alicia Keys as Lynette
- Judith Roberts as Milicent
- Julie White Cast
- Charlie Hewson Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
The Nanny Diaries, despite many bright moments and a superior level of craftsmanship, is now a flabby urban fairy tale.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
With [Linney], the film receives some badly needed dimension to its thin satire, not to mention the lion's share of the laughs.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
This is the sort of ho-hum production that will likely seem less disappointing on a smaller screen.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
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.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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