The Nanny Diaries (PG-13) Grade: B

Using stereotypes, humor and at times brutal honesty, "The Nanny Diaries" soundly reveals deep issues surrounding "the good life" of the overworked, dysfunctional family.

When recent college grad Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) discovers life in a stuffy business suit is not for her, she takes on a predictably easier role to escape reality -- being a nanny in New York City.

Annie soon takes on the task for the so-called Mr. and Mrs. X -- a family she intends to do a "case study" on, thus leaving out their true identities. After meeting the wealthy Manhattan family, whose main focuses are shopping (Mrs. X), and being a workaholic (Mr. X), she soon discovers that taking care of their son Grayer isn't as sweet as it seems.

Luckily, Annie's love interest (Chris Evans) remains a minimal portion of the story. Her "Harvard Hottie" is also off-limits, of course, since the only reason Manhattan moms like Mrs. X even keep nannies around, according to Annie, is because they are white, college graduates and "perpetually single."

But mixed in with the amusement is the film's daring ability to express the true relationship tolls on workaholics and money-crazed professionals. Though the X's appear happy, Mr. X's workaholic lifestyle and Mrs. X's lack of communication with anyone but her own cell phone soon make the family realize they are hard pressed to have anything to talk about with their child.

Most films only skip around the idea and don't challenge viewers to analyze the effects of these types of lifestyles. This has most recently been seen in the "The Devil Wears Prada" -- where an overworked, no-nonsense magazine editor (Meryl Streep) is forced to balance a glamorized job with a family she never sees. Comparably, "The Nanny Diaries" delves even deeper into this same issue of "having everything, yet still being miserable," as Annie says. Though critics may be quick to say it comes off as snobby, it was the writer's brutal honesty that made it work the most.

Finally, watching Annie experience adulthood for the first time makes this a great film for anyone in the confusing, post-college phase of their lives. Johansson has a perfect way of portraying that awkward, yet normal, phase of life, helping us all relate and learn some life lessons, too.