Review of The Nanny Diaries (2007) by Brian D — 01 Sep 2010

I didn't know what to make of this film. At first, when I read the synopsis, I thought it was going to be pretty bad. I've never really had any experience with any movies starring Scarlett Johansson other than Iron Man 2, which she just does a small cameo "hot chick" role. This movie you actually get to see her act.

First of all, I really liked this movie. It had a good message with decent acting and fairly well-written dialogue. I think the idea of telling the story of the film through different exhibits of a museum was fairly clever. All around, the movie was pretty clever.

It's kind of a cute story that makes a good point about the involvement (and lack there-of) of parents in their children's lives. It also is designed to be a bit of a showcase as to how ridiculous a lot of the super wealthy super-elites are.

While this is not the greatest movie of all time, I think it deserves quite a bit more credit than it probably received. I think Scarlett Johansson does a great job playing the confused college graduate who really doesn't quite understand life and is a bit lost as to how to make it in the job market. I mean how many people do I know that were exactly like that (myself included)?

Alicia Keys does a fantastic job as well, as she's so believable, you don't doubt her for a second.

Anyway, it was a surprisingly good and enjoyable movie!