Imagine yourself shortly after graduation. You are sitting in your dream interview at your dream job. Everything is going just as planned. Then in the time that it took you to blink, you blow it. What do you do next? Where do you turn? And what do you tell your mom, your number one supporter? For Annie Braddock (played by Scarlett Johansson), the solution was easy ... go for a walk. And it was on this afternoon walk that Annie was discovered by Mrs. X (Laura Linney) and thrust into the world of Nannyhood.
Now I have to admit that I am a huge Scarlett Johansson fan, and have been awaiting the release of this movie for quite some time. So, with that said, I must inform you that usually high expectations and admiration for cast members leads to guaranteed approval of product. But unfortunately, even this movie couldn't pull that off. With a script that moved at the pace of a snail and a lack of story climax, even the acting of Johansson and Linney couldn't pull this movie out of its destined black hole.
The story starts off with Braddock graduating college and heading out for a job interview. When the interview goes sour, she ventures into a park where mothers mistake her name, Annie, for a potential occupation, Nanny. However, Braddock plays the job card and is quickly hired on by a Mrs. X. Over the next few months we follow Braddock as she is thrown into the selfish and ridiculous life of the rich and spoiled.
Though the film has some good scenes and one-liners, it as a whole is nothing close to pleasant. Though it has been tapped as a movie that will appeal more towards the under twenty-five females, I honestly can't see how anyone would be able to enjoy this piece of cinema. Both Johansson and Linney give it their all, but in the end, they fall short in making this movie bearable for the average movie-goer.
