The Nanny Diaries (film) 4410141 225844779 2008-07-15T17:44:28Z Erik 138144 /* External links */ defaultsort {{Infobox Film | name = The Nanny Diaries | image = Nanny-diaries-poster.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | director = [[Shari Springer Berman]]<br>[[Robert Pulcini]] | producer = [[Richard N. Gladstein]] | writer = Shari Springer Berman<br>Robert Pulcini | starring = [[Scarlett Johansson]]<br>[[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]]<br>[[Alicia Keys]]<br>[[Laura Linney]]<br>[[Paul Giamatti]] | music = Mark Suozzo | cinematography = Terry Stacey | editing = Robert Pulcini | distributor = [[The Weinstein Company]]<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = [[August 24]], [[2007 in film|2007]] | runtime = 106 min. | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = $20,000,000 | gross = $44,638,886 | website = http://www.thenannydiariesmovie.com/ | amg_id = 1:347615 | imdb_id = 0489237 }} '''''The Nanny Diaries''''' is a [[2007 in film|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]]. ==Plot== The novel begins in September, at the start of the [[academic year]], and runs to Nanny's [[commencement|graduation]] and the X's vacation to [[Nantucket]] in late June. The film compresses all the events of the plot into a summer, changing some events so that the book's Halloween party takes place on the [[Independence Day|Fourth of July]] instead, and the X's broken date comes on their anniversary rather than [[Valentine's Day]]. Many of the events in the film also occur in the novel, but not always in the same order. The conflict-resolution seminar was written for the film. Conversely the book had scenes later on where Mr. X's girlfriend ("Ms. Chicago") comes to sleep in the Xes' apartment while the family was on vacation, and Nanny and Connie were expected to help cover her presence up. Nanny inadvertently misplaced $800 of Ms. Chicago's money, making their telephone argument longer and more personally confrontational. The end of the novel leaves more issues unresolved. Nanny is fired at night, and upon her return to the apartment discovers documentary evidence Mrs. X had been planning to fire her for several weeks. Mr. X does not come onto Nanny. Mrs. X's pregnancy is not revealed as a ruse, and may be genuine. She does not leave her husband, and the fate of the marriage is unknown. The angry speech Annie makes to the nannycam is the speech Nanny gives but then erases in favor of a gentler speech urging the Xes to appreciate Grayer before it becomes too late. The novel ends with Nanny in the park the morning after her dismissal, throwing the cell phone the Xes gave her into the reservoir while she plays with the puppy. The fate of her relationship with Harvard Hottie is also unknown. ==Cast== [[Image:Scarlett Johansson on Columbia campus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Scarlett Johansson at [[Columbia University]] during the shooting of ''The Nanny Diaries''.]] * [[Scarlett Johansson]] as Annie Braddock * [[Chris Evans (actor)|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 ==Rating== This film is rated [[PG-13]] by the [[MPAA]] for [[profanity|language]]. ==Reception== As of September 1, 2007, the film had an average score of 46 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 33 reviews.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/nannydiaries Nanny Diaries, The (2007): Reviews]. [[Metacritic]]. Retrieved 2007-09-01</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 30 percent of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 93 reviews.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nanny_diaries/ The Nanny Diaries - Rotten Tomatoes]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Retrieved 2007-09-01</ref> 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 has grossed $25,918,399 domestically and $9,451,716 overseas for a total worldwide gross of $35,370,115 against a $20 million budget.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=nannydiaries.htm The Nanny Diaries (2007) - Weekend Box Office]. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved 2007-09-01</ref> By the reviews of the [[SF Gate]], it is the 6th worst movie of 2007.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/30/PKKQTQBJ0.DTL</ref> ==Trivia== * [[Chris Evans]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]] were in the same movie before, in ''[[The Perfect Score]]'' in 2004. * As children, [[Scarlett Johansson]] and [[Alicia Keys]] appeared in very small roles in [[Mandy Moore]]'s [[music video]] for [[Candy (Mandy Moore song)|Candy]]. They were in different scenes, though. * [[Laura Linney]] and [[Paul Giamatti]] also star together as a married couple in the [[HBO]] movie ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''. * [[Scarlett Johansson]] was in [[Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan's]] music video "When The Deal Goes Down" and [[Alicia Keys]] is referenced in Bob Dylan's "Thunder On The Mountain" both are from his #1 album ''Modern Times''. * When Annie is thinking of a nickname for Grayer, she mentions SpongeBob. She voiced Mindy in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''. ==Differences from the novel== Annie differs greatly from Nanny, as the book's heroine is known. The film's Annie is the working-class daughter of a single mother who works as a [[nurse]] in New Jersey. She takes the job of child-minder to socialite Mrs. X (Laura Linney), despite no previous experience, and moves in with the Xes, keeping the true nature of her work secret from her mother until the illness of the Xes' child, Grayer (Nicholas Reese Art), makes her come clean. In the novel, Nanny is a senior at [[New York University]], majoring in [[child development]] with the hope of going into education. She has her own apartment until she moves out late in the story due to conflicts with her roommate. She never sleeps in the Xes' residence until they take a trip to Nantucket. Her duties also go beyond simply taking care of Grayer to serving as Mrs. X's [[concierge]], making dinner reservations and obtaining tablecloths for the Xes' parties. She is very experienced at her job, having worked as a nanny and [[babysitting|babysitter]] since the age of 13. Her family lives in the city and is rather affluent — she is conversant with [[designer label]]s and luxury items, popular bars, speaks [[French language|French]] well enough to converse in it with Grayer's [[Alliance Française]] teacher and graduated from [[The Chapin School (Manhattan)|Chapin]], a distinguished Manhattan girls' school. Her father teaches at [[The Collegiate School|Collegiate]], an elite boys' school, her mother is a lawyer and her grandmother also is portrayed as wealthy enough to have her makeup done at [[Elizabeth Arden]] and connected enough to help Nanny arrange a dinner reservation at [[Lutèce (restaurant)|Lutèce]]. As a result Nanny herself is very urban and sophisticated, with a cynical sense of humor about the social milieu she works in and its inhabitants, in contrast to Annie, who has no experience of it. There are some changes to other characters as well. Harvard Hottie's family background is never discussed in the novel. Mrs. X, whose [[Human hair color#black hair|black hair]] is referred to regularly in the novel, is played by the [[blonde]] Laura Linney. The Xes also have a maid in the book named Connie, whom Mrs. X fires. Likewise, the Lynette character was created for the film. ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.thenannydiariesmovie.com/ Official site] * {{imdb title|id=0489237|title=The Nanny Diaries}} * {{amg movie|id=1:347615|title=The Nanny Diaries}} * {{mojo title|id=nannydiaries|title=The Nanny Diaries}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|id=nanny_diaries|title=The Nanny Diaries}} * {{metacritic film|id=nannydiaries|title=The Nanny Diaries}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanny Diaries,The}} [[Category:2007 films]] [[Category:2000s comedy films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films based on fiction books]] [[Category:Comedy films]] [[Category:MGM films]] [[Category:The Weinstein Company films]] [[Category:Paramount films]] [[es:Diario de una niñera]] [[fr:Le Journal d'une baby-sitter]] [[it:Il diario di una tata]] [[nl:The Nanny Diaries]] [[ja:私がクマにキレた理由]] [[pl:Niania w Nowym Jorku (film)]] [[pt:The Nanny Diaries]] [[ru:Дневники няни (фильм)]] [[zh:褓姆日記]]