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Stereotyped, absurdly evil rich people


These people are so far over the type selfish, cold and evil, there are like cardboard cut-out figures. I worked for a couple of families as a childcare provider when I was young and they could be somewhat unctuous at times, but no one--even the elite of the elite--are so consistently creepy as the X family.

There are some nice parts to this movie but its overall quality is compromised by the stupidity of the extreme caricature of the rich parents. Great actors Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney egregiously wasted on one-dimensional characters. Even the parents in "Mary Poppins" weren't so evil.

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eh... I do not nanny, but I am a NYCDOE teacher. Before I moved to Queens I lived in UWS and saw these disgusting parents all the time...

but instead of nanny, I saw the parents take their child to seriously, the middle of Broadway and ALLOW them to stop and DISCOVER. if you love your child SO MUCH, worry about him getting hit by cars and trucks! why is everything about 'the wonder of a child!'

organic yuppies suck.

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more. Edmund Blackadder.

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