The Nanny Diaries (film)

The Nanny Diaries
Directed by	Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini
Produced by	Richard N. Gladstein
Written by	Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini Novel: Emma McLaughlin Nicola Kraus
Starring	Scarlett Johansson Chris Evans Laura Linney Paul Giamatti Nicholas Art Donna Murphy Alicia Keys
Music by	Mark Suozzo
Cinematography	Terry Stacey
Editing by	Robert Pulcini
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer FilmColony
Release date(s)	August 24, 2007
Running time	106 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20,000,000
Box office	$44,638,886

The Nanny Diaries is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, it stars Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Keys, Paul Giamatti, and Laura Linney; and was produced by Richard N. Gladstein.

Plot

21-year-old Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) has just graduated from Montclair State University. Annie has no idea what or who she wants to be. While sitting in the park, Annie sees a young boy in a uniform almost getting run over. Annie saves him and then the boy's mother, Mrs. Alexandra X (Laura Linney), but when she introduces herself as "Annie", Mrs. X mistakes her words for "Nanny" and hires her to look after her young son Grayer. Annie lies to her mother about taking a job at a bank and, in reality, moves in with the X's to be the nanny for Grayer, the boy she saved.

Life with the incredibly privileged X's isn't all she thought it would be, and her life is complicated further when she falls for "Harvard Hottie" (Chris Evans), who lives in the building. Annie begins to notice that not only is Grayer being neglected, but so is Mrs. X, with Mr. X committing subtly obvious adultery and not treating her like a proper wife.

Things turn for the worse when she gets fired, and in her rage, she looks for and finds the 'nanny cam' in the X's house and records her feelings toward the X's. This is accidentally shown at a meeting for East-Side wives, and they all show sympathy toward their own nannies once they view the confrontation of Annie regarding the negligent ways of the parents toward their children and nannies.

A few months later however, Harvard Hottie meets Annie in a park and gives her a letter he had received from Mrs. X. She writes how she left Mr. X and is now living a humble life, but now spends a lot more time with Grayer. This leads to a happier ending for all of them, as Annie walks off with Harvard Hottie

Cast

• Scarlett Johansson as Annie 'Nanny' Braddock
• Chris Evans as Hayden "Harvard Hottie"
• Laura Linney as Mrs. Alexandra X
• Paul Giamatti as Mr. Stan X
• Nicholas Art as Grayer Addison X
• Donna Murphy as Judy Braddock
• Alicia Keys as Lynette
• Nina Garbiras as Miss Chicago
• Brande Roderick as Tanya
• Heather Simms as Murnel
• Julie White as Jane Gould
• Judith Roberts as Milicent

Reception

As of September 1, 2007, the film had an average score of 46 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 33 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 126 reviews.

The film opened at #6 at the U.S. box office and earned $7.4 million in 2,629 theaters in its opening weekend. As of November 23, 2007, the film had grossed $25,918,399 domestically and $9,451,716 overseas for a total worldwide gross of $35,370,115 against a $20 million budget.

External links

• Official website
• The Nanny Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
• The Nanny Diaries at AllRovi
• The Nanny Diaries at Box Office Mojo
• The Nanny Diaries at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Nanny Diaries at Metacritic