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The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2007

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.

Movie details

The Nanny Diaries

“A comedy about life at the top, as seen from the bottom.”

2007 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Shari Springer Berman · Robert Pulcini

Written by

Shari Springer Berman · Robert Pulcini

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Annie Braddock

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Mrs. X

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

Lynette

Chris Evans

Chris Evans

Hayden “Harvard Hottie”

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy

Judy Braddock

Nicholas Art

Nicholas Art

Grayer

Judith Roberts

Judith Roberts

Milicent

Court is in session

Put The Nanny Diaries on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.