| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...there are too many goofy, uninspired sitcom antics." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...the movie itself is sort of bland and obvious and comfortable." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"The casting is all fine; everything else is pushy and out of joint." more... |
C |
E! Online
Tod Goldberg |
"The result is pure vanilla: neither funny nor romantic--sad not uplifiting." more... |
C |
Entetainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"For a light comedy, The Nanny Diaries turns out to have an off-putting theme. It glorifies the romance of slumming." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...the movie stays in its exclusive comfort zone for the most part..." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Satire that sputters when its characters refuse to grow out of caricature." more... |
C- |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"The social bite of the popular novel fades into a generic chick flick." more... |
C |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...supercalifragilisticexpialatrocious." more... |
D- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...scattershot..." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...The Nanny Diaries is weak dramatically, and that limits its overall effectiveness." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the picture's ending is guaranteed to lose whatever shreds of audience goodwill remain." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Meghan Peters |
"Although Johansson has a knack for nailing most roles, the angry yet fun-loving nanny doesn't quite work for her." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...disappointingly banal..." more... |
C |
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