The Nanny Express (2008) (TV)

Director:

Bradford May

Writers (WGA):

Judith Heiman Kriegsman (written by) &
Stephen Langford (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Plot:

With their mother dead, Emily and Ben torment their nannies to quit as fast as their father hires them...

Plot Keywords:

Father Son Relationship | Dinner | Dancing | Hugging | Prank

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19

9:00 PM

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Cast

Dorie Barton	...	Lisa Harrison
Emayatzy E. Corinealdi	...	Lorraine
Peter Dobson	...	Ray
Natalie Dreyfuss	...	Emily Chandler
Brennan Elliott	...	David Chandler
Natasha Goss	...	Host
David Barry Gray	...	Chris Wells
Stacy Keach	...	Priest
Katie Mack	...	Hospital Receptionist
Vanessa Marcil	...	Kate Hewitt
Donna Pieroni	...	Lydia
Uriah Shelton	...	Ben Chandler
Jennifer Siebel Newsom	...	Pam (as Jennifer Siebel)
Salina Soto	...	Krisha
Dean Stockwell	...	Jerry Hewitt

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Larry Levinson Productions

Typical hallmark movie

What can I say; this is a typical Hallmark movie. It it's sugar sweet and "suitable for the whole family". However when I say it is a typical Hallmark movie, this is also the weak part of the movie. As with most Hallmark movies, people fall in love after meeting twice, the characters in the movie are almost flawless (for example: the main character: does charity work, watches after her sick father and works full time) and the range of emotions/desires is, shall we say "limited". Also being an American Hallmark film, the church is mentioned frequently and the main character is religious.

In such movies, every character is a stereotype with matching state of mind (sad, angry, etc) and things/situations that would make the viewer think or truly care for the characters are not included in the movie as it is "suitable for the whole family". The movie is predictable and cliché. Not even good actors such as Vanessa Marcil or Dean Stockwell can save this movie in my view without a serious change of the script: something it will never get.

Do not get me wrong: I love movies to be cliché and predictable to a certain point. At the end of the movie I want the main character to gain his or her love interest, have a bright looking future and the "bully/bad guy" to be punished or forgotten. But Hallmark takes this concept to a whole other level. It does not feature the real world but the world we would like it to be. And the way the nanny is winning over the children, just too easy to be believable. All nice, easy and neat. And that makes it impossible to relate to.

If you like your movies to have a shred of realism (even the average romantic comedy has more realism than the average Hallmark movie) this film is not for you as it is not a movie for me. However, if you are a typical American conservative and like your movies to be bright and devoid of anything controversial this is a movie for you. And in that category this is one of the better ones…