Article: Cinema: Weak look at nannies; THE NANNY DIARIES (12A, 104 mins) Comedy/Drama/Romance. Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Nicholas Reese Art, Chris Evans, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys, Donna Murphy, Nathan Corddry, Nina Garbiras. Directors: Sheri Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. *****.(Features)

BETTE Davis famously remarked: "If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent."

In the modern age, overworked mothers and fathers avoid the enmity by passing their pride and joy to a nanny or au pair, returning home when the youngsters have run themselves ragged.

When The Nanny Diaries was ...

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