The Nanny Diaries (2007)

The Nanny Diaries (2007)

Comedy/Drama/Romance

Based on same-named novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.
21-year old Annie Braddock has just graduated from Montclir State University, she has no idea what she want out of her
life yet. One day sitting in the park, she sees a young boy almost getting hit by a vehicle. Annie saves the boy and meets his mother, Mrs. X. Introducing herself as Annie, Mrs. X misheards her being a nanny and hired her as babysitter for Grayer. Annie lies to her mother, Judy that she got the job at the bank along with the apartment and moves in with the X. family. When Annie goes picking up Grayer for the first time at school and he's everything but happy to see her, he misses his old babysitter Bertie. When Annie tries to get Grayer to open the door, she meets their upstairs door neighbor. Since the contract denies Annie to have any relationships, she calls the neighbor Harvard Hottie. Annie is having a rough time with Grayer, who makes babysitting a nightmare for her. At the same time Annie tries to keep up with lie she's told her mother about the bank job and a new apartment, she always keeps connecting with her long-time friend Lynette. After Mrs. X and his colleague are caught by Annie, Mrs. and Mr. X are having a huge fight while Grayer expresses his warm feelings towards Annie. She finds out her mom has hesitations about her job, wants to show Judy Lynette's apartment. Mrs. X expesses her concern that Annie leaves Grayer's education on the background and promises to investigate. Mrs. X gets stood up by her husband and decides to take a small vacation to the spa, leaving Grayer and Annie alone in the apartment. Her being gone for a while, Grayer gets a fever and Annie turns to Lynette for help. Lynette adviced her to call Annie's mother, she does that, but is also in trouble for lying about the bank job. Judy helps Grayer's fever down, Mrs. X arrives sooner from the spa than expected. She and Judy meet briefly, she sees how Mrs. X treats Annie and leaves disappointed.
Annie joins the X's on family vacation out of town, she accidentally overhears Mrs. X talking to a friend about how she installed a nanny cam around their apartment in the city and depending what tapes show, it might be time to let Annie go her own way. After trying to call to Harvard Hottie, Annie arrives back to the beach house, where Mrs. X fires her and gives her final payment. Grayer realizes his nanny is leaving for good and he tries to stop her, but is left with tears to seeing her go. Angry about her 40 dollar salary as final payment, Annie arrives to the apartment in the city, decides to destroy the apartment and look for nanny cam. Some time later Annie meets up with Harvard Hottie, who's real
name is Hayden and he reads Mrs. X's, who's real name in Alexandra her letter, where she confesses Annie's talk on nanny cam has made her think about Grayer's value to her own life. 
Produced by Richard N. Gladstein, who produced biographic family movie Finding Neverland in 2004.
Directed by Shari Springr Berman, who directed biographic comedy-drama movie American Splendor in 2003.

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Nicholas Art, Donna Murphy, Alicia Keys, Chris Evans