Movie Review

The Nanny Diaries (2007)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Release Date: Aug 24, 2007; Rated: PG-13; Length: 105 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney; Distributors: MGM and The Weinstein Company

Flaccid and predictable. It satirizes Upper East Side privilege by turning the superrich (Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti) into zombie caricatures. Scarlett Johansson, as their yuppie nanny, is just an observer. The film ends up glorifying the romance of slumming.

Originally posted Aug 31, 2007 Published in issue #952 Sep 07, 2007 Order article reprints
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