The Nanny Diaries movie review
We all know that raising a kid is hard but some parents still choose to have children knowing fully well that they do not have the resources or the commitment to be good parents. And this applies to parents of all income groups. Ironically enough, some of the richest and poorest people are short of one thing: time. The rich work long hours because they are greedy and the poor are forced to do so just to put food on their table.
While the characters and the plot is over-dramatized (based on the book by the same name written by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus) in the movie “The Nanny Diaries,” the message is still a powerful one. Parents, if you think you do not have the time to spend with your kids, don’t have them. And yes, you can hire an army of maids, tutors, and nannies to raise kids, nothing is more important to them than your company.
Annie Braddock (played by Scarlett Johansson) is a recent graduate who decides to work as a nanny for one of those Upper East Side moms (to the best of my knowledge, such mothers do not really exist; most moms are more like what you see on The Desperate Housewives of New York City). Mrs. X (played by Laura Linney) is in denial about her failing marriage to Mr. Stan X (Paul Giamatti) and has only fleeting interest in their child’s success (though, like Alex and Simon on The Desperate Housewives of New York City, who want to make their son Francois some kind of French kid, they too want their son Grayer to be French in many ways). After a lot of dramatic moments, Annie realizes that she is not the person who can help the couple resolve their marriage issues or help Grayer have a loving family, but does not have the courage to quit, until the day she gets fired by Mrs. X. In the end, Mrs. X recognizes the privilege of being a mom and becomes a much better mother, after leaving her husband.
The move is fun, light-hearted, but not to be taken too seriously. Scarlett Johansson acted well, but not as good as “Lost In Translation.”
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