The Nanny Diaries (film)
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| Directed by | Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini |
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| Produced by | Richard N. Gladstein |
| Written by | Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini |
| Starring | Scarlett Johansson Laura Linney Paul Giamatti Nicholas Reese Art Donna Murphy Alicia Keys Chris Evans |
| Music by | Mark Suozzo |
| Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
| Editing by | Robert Pulcini |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | August 24, 2007 |
| Running time | 106 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $44,638,886 |
| Followed by | A Nanny's Secret |
The Nanny Diaries is a 2007 comedy-drama film, based on the novel The Nanny Diaries, 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.
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[edit] Plot
A 21-year-old recent graduate of Montclair State University becomes a nanny to a family on the Upper East Side of New York City who turns out to be the family from hell. The film tells the story of Annie Braddock, a young woman from a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey, struggling to understand her place in the world. Fresh out of college, she gets tremendous pressure from her nurse mother to find a respectable position in the business world, although Annie would prefer to trade in her BlackBerry for an anthropologist's field diary. Through a serendipitous meeting, Annie ends up in the elite and ritualistic culture of Manhattan's Upper East Side—as remote from Annie's suburban New Jersey upbringing as life in an Amazon tribal village. Choosing to duck out of real life, Annie accepts the position as a nanny for a wealthy family, referred to as simply "the X's." She quickly learns that life is not very rosy on the other side of the tax bracket, as she must cater to the every whim of Mrs. X and her precocious son Grayer, while attempting to avoid the formidable Mr. X. Life becomes even more complicated when Annie falls for a gorgeous Park Avenue hottie, and she's forced to explore her identity as never before.
[edit] Cast
- Scarlett Johansson as Annie 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
[edit] Reception
As of September 1, 2007, the film had an average score of 46 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 33 reviews.[1] On Rotten Tomatoes, 30 percent of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 93 reviews.[2]
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.[3] By the reviews of the SF Gate, it is the 6th worst movie of 2007.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Nanny Diaries, The (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-09-01
- ^ The Nanny Diaries - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-09-01
- ^ The Nanny Diaries (2007) - Weekend Box Office. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-01
- ^ The worst movies of 2007
