The Nanny Diaries Reviews

Movie Reviews

• ultimately feels emotionally true to itself

  by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]

• The storytelling is rushed and sloppy

  by Stephen Holden [NY Times ]

• The movie's banal fantasies badly chafe any anthropological consideration of what a girl should do with her career

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• supplies wickedly funny moments

  by Susan Walker [Toronto Star ]

• stays in its exclusive comfort zone for the most part

  by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com ]

• Satire should be knife-sharp and whip-smart, and The Nanny Diaries never is

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• provides a more-or-less faithful enactment of the major plot points

  by Carina Chocano [LA Times ]

• most of the characters who are given flesh on-screen don't resonate as real people

  by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News ]

• isn't as funny as it should be

  by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]

• Fans of the novel might consider this tired movie a wasted opportunity

  by Pam Grady [Reel.com ]

• fails to satirize adequately

  by Cole Haddon [Orlando Weekly ]

• As a Prada wannabe, Diaries doesn?t quite make the cut

  by Kit Bowen [Hollywood.com ]

• Although Johansson has a knack for nailing most roles, the angry yet fun-loving nanny doesn't quite work for her

  Review rate : B- by Meghan Peters [Seattle Post Intelligencer ]

• a comedic sinkhole, a dramatic tundra

  by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
• Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]

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