'The Nanny Diaries' worth a look.(Movie review)

Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT);  August 23, 2007 ;     612 words ......of formulaic Hollywood movies, The Nanny Diaries stands apart -- it's a highly stylized...taken huge chances in bringing The Nanny Diaries to the screen. The film mixes fantasy...never observed up close before. The Nanny Diaries begins with a surreal flourish in which...

'Nanny Diaries' exposes some perverse parenting

Sun, The: Plainfield (IL);  August 24, 2007 ;     527 words ......lunch for everyone along the way, "The Nanny Diaries" will be an irresistible guilty pleasure...to wealthy Manhattan families - "The Nanny Diaries" exposes privileged parental irresponsibility...unfamiliar, fascinating culture. "The Nanny Diaries" should work with most audiences ...

FILM REVIEW: 'Nanny Diaries' fails to come to life

University Wire;  August 27, 2007 ;     552 words ......CITY, Iowa -- At one moment in "The Nanny Diaries," our heroine asks a fairly sauced...predictable chick-lit adaptation. "The Nanny Diaries," as is "Prada," is set in the mysterious...Ross. To say the characters in "The Nanny Diaries" are underdeveloped is kind of like...

Diary entry for thesp.(Weinstein Co. cast Laura Linney and Scarlett...

Daily Variety;  March 13, 2006 ;     246 words ......alongside Scarlett Johansson in The Nanny Diaries for the Weinstein Co. Shari Springer...Gladstein bought the feature film rights to Nanny Diaries prior to its March 2003 publication...will lense both pics simultaneously. Nanny Diaries will be shot entirely in New York City...

'Nanny Diaries' exposes some perverse parenting Child Scare

Courier News (Elgin, IL);  August 24, 2007 ;     534 words ......lunch for everyone along the way, The Nanny Diaries will be an irresistible guilty pleasure...to wealthy Manhattan families - The Nanny Diaries exposes privileged parental irresponsibility...unfamiliar, fascinating culture. The Nanny Diaries should work with most audiences because...

`Nanny Diaries' record entertaining social satire

Daily Breeze;  March 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ...`Nanny Diaries' record entertaining social satire The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (St. Martin...point for skewering her employers. Thus we have The Nanny Diaries, a diabolically funny New York story about a ParkAvenue...

`Nanny Diaries' authors to speak

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  October 3, 2007 ;     578 words ......and Kraus did. Published in 2002, The Nanny Diaries remained at the top of the New York...and Kraus will be talking about The Nanny Diaries and more at the Paramount Theater as...the co-authors will first discuss The Nanny Diaries book and movie, their experiences as...

`The Nanny Diaries,' `The Stone Monkey' and `2nd Chance'.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  May 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Oline H. Cogdill ``The Nanny Diaries'' by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus...being such brats. Given that, ``The Nanny Diaries'' can't help but make most of us feel...status on best-sellers lists. ``The Nanny Diaries'' could even be considered a social...

BOOK REVIEW: 'Nanny Diaries' satirizes idle rich

University Wire;  June 5, 2003 ;     566 words ......opens the book, it was clear that "The Nanny Diaries" is a different type of book. The authors...sake I am glad this is the case. "The Nanny Diaries" follows the life of Nanny, a -- you...from the son she never cares for. "The Nanny Diaries" paints an incredibly unflattering...

'Nanny Diaries' fails to do the job as a social satire

Oakland Tribune;  August 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, "The Nanny Diaries" tells the story of a young college...relentlessly. But by the end of "The Nanny Diaries" I'd come to empathize with her only-the-best-...And somehow they ended up with "The Nanny Diaries," a horror film awkwardly disguised...

`The Nanny Diaries' by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus; St. Martin's...

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of this and more is revealed in The Nanny Diaries'' (St. Martin's Press), Emma McLaughlin...accessories. The attention and reviews The Nanny Diaries'' has received ( perfectly pitched...last week. I'm getting a manicure. The Nanny Diaries'' is all the more amazing because it...

Culture Shock: 'The Nanny Diaries': A working-class nanny finds a...

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  August 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Sullivan Aug. 23--If you didn't read The Nanny Diaries back in 2002 because you thought you...moviegoers met last summer. The reason The Nanny Diaries was so successful as a contemporary...Expect none of that from the film. The Nanny Diaries is neither social satire nor comedy...

"The Nanny Diaries": A case of culture shock: A working-class nanny finds...

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  September 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Sullivan Sep. 12--If you didn't read The Nanny Diaries back in 2002 because you thought you...moviegoers met last summer. The reason The Nanny Diaries was so successful as a contemporary...Expect none of that from the film. The Nanny Diaries is neither social satire nor comedy...

`The Nanny Diaries'.(Movie review)

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  August 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, The Nanny Diaries tells the story of a young college...relentlessly. But by the end of The Nanny Diaries I'd come to empathize with her only-the-best-...And somehow they ended up with The Nanny Diaries, a horror film awkwardly disguised...

"THE NANNY DIARIES".(Weekend)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 23, 2007 ;     115 words ......neighborhood? The answer comes in The Nanny Diaries, which stars Scarlett Johansson as...gobs of cash. THE DETAILS WHAT: The Nanny Diaries. WHERE: Carousel, Fingerlakes, Glenwood...and Scarlett Johansson star in The Nanny Diaries.