Quotes
 Annie Braddock: In Africa they have the saying, it takes a village to raise a child. But for the tribe of the upper-eastside of Manhattan, it takes just one person. The nanny. [from trailer]
Mrs. X: Nanny... what are you doing?
Mrs. X: Nanny, you never mentioned you had a mother!
Annie Braddock: Okay Mrs. X, now it`s time for a few simple childcare rules.
Human Resources Director: Oh, alright, the teddy bear has been compromised.
Annie Braddock: Slamming the door in your kid`s face is *not* okay. Spending more time on a benefit for kids that you`ve never met than you do with your own blood is *not* okay. Going to a SPA when your son has a fever of a hundred and four and not answering emergency calls, that officially makes you an unfit mother.
Mrs. X: This is outrageous. Stop the tape.
Human Resources Director: Uh, no. This is clearly a disgruntled nanny. W-we might have something to learn here.
Annie Braddock: Now I know that you`re all pretty busy with your hair appointments, and your watsu massages and your attempts to stay young so your husbands won`t leave you. But here`s an idea! Why don`t you try eating dinner with your child every once in a blue moon. And heads up here, lady, try smiling once in a while. People hate you.
Jamaican Nanny: Stop eatin` them boogers!
Annie Braddock: My desire to be an observer of life was actually keeping me from having one.
Grayer: I love you best!
[referring to Nanny]
Annie Braddock: You want to know about the dads? I`ll tell you about the dads. They`re chubby, bald, steak-eating, cigar-smoking, type-A pigs who get more turned on by the Bloomberg Wire than they do by any hot nannies. Actually, it`s all of you in about 5 years. So take it from me, guys: Enjoy tonight, because your future looks pretty fucking bleak.
Annie Braddock: There`s a common belief among anthropologists that you must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world in order to truly understand your own.
Annie Braddock: C`mon, grove, why won`t you shake your booty?
Grayer: `Cause I have to make a doodie.
Mrs. X: Keep your voice down, there are mimes in the other room.
Trivia
In the scene of the beach party at Nantucket the grandma is sitting on the beach reading a paperback copy of "The Devil Wears Prada" written by Lauren Weisberger.
When Annie`s mom is over for dinner with Annie, Lynette and Lynette`s boyfriend, Mrs. X calls Annie on her cell phone. Her cell phone ring is to the tune of "Chim, Chim, Cheree," a song from the movie Mary Poppins (1964), which is, of course, about a magical nanny.
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini wrote the screenplay with Scarlett Johansson in mind for the character of Annie Braddock.
SPOILER: Mrs. X`s name is Alexandra.
SPOILER: Harvard Hottie`s name is Hayden.
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Scarlett Johansson
(as Annie Braddock)
with Chris Evans
(as Harvard Hottie)
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