This 'Nanny' Is No 'Devil'

Credits don't see much to like about "The Nanny Diaries"
By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 24, 2007 9:08 AM CDT
This 'Nanny' Is No 'Devil'
In this photo released by The Weinstein Company, Nicholas Art, left, and Scarlett Johansson appear in a scene from the new film, "The Nanny Diaires." which opens Friday, Aug. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, K.C. Bailey)   (Associated Press)

One-dimensional characters and wooden acting cripple "The Nanny Diaries," critics say, calling the lavishly appointed frustrated-underling tale similar to "The Devil Wears Prada" in everything except quality. "They should've thrown everything away except the title and the outline," writes Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune.

The one agreed-upon exception to an otherwise charmless movie? The always-awesome Laura Linney, who is good enough to rustle up some sympathy for her nasty character. "Ms. Linney defies a screenplay that paints her character, Mrs. X, a Park Avenue socialite, as a monstrous control freak," Stephen Holden writes in the New York Times. (More The Nanny Diaries stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X