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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 Aug 2007

Linney -- this has happened too much to her -- is once again the best thing in a movie that at most achieves a certain mediocrity…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 22 Aug 2007

Watching the movie is a nonexperience--like the Upper East Side apartment where most of the action takes place, it's lavishly appointed but joyless…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Aug 2007

The characters are instantly reversible--the bratty kid turns out to be a sweetie pie, the mother just needs to be told off…

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 21 Aug 2007

The Nanny Diaries -- though basically a light entertainment -- breaks movie culture's unspoken taboo against class consciousness…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 20 Aug 2007

It's hard to watch Annie without dismissing her as simply weak or cowardly. She's not a bad person, but she's an empty vessel…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Aug 2007

Everyone gets a cute nickname, a means for this amateur anthropologist to protect the innocent and maintain some semblance of objectivity while…

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By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 19 Aug 2007

A bevy of respectable talent is uselessly squandered in clumsy efforts at cunning, humor and pathos…

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By Lael Loewenstein (88) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Aug 2007

This new comedy rarely rises above standard sitcom fare, a bitter and ironic disappointment given the involvement of American Splendor writer-directors…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Aug 2007

Deviating from the book, which is darker, offbeat and critical, the film is compromised, never quite finding the right tone in satirizing its…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 16 Aug 2007

The comedy has several inspired moments and a genuine flair for the satiric, but overall the film leaves you cold…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 15 Aug 2007

As you watch the nannies mistreated and the children left to cry themselves to sleep, the only surprise is that there are no surprises…

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