...smart, good-natured and fun.
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01/01/00
Harriet the Spy (1996)
41 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 11 Rotten:16 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Synopsis: The film adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh's bestselling children's novel, about Harriet, an independent, intelligent girl whose aspiration to become a writer ultimately lands her in some very hot water... Encouraged by her sharp nanny, Harriet secretly begins writing about her... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Vanessa Lee Chester, Gregory Edward Smith, Eartha Kitt
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Story: Louise Fitzhugh
Screenwriter: Douglas Petrie, Theresa Rebeck
Composer: Jamshied Sharifi
Story: Louise Fitzhugh
Screenwriter: Douglas Petrie, Theresa Rebeck
Composer: Jamshied Sharifi
Reviews
Top Critic
A below mediocre adaptation of the popular novel that is nonetheless served well by the two female leads, but all representative of the adults world (parents, teachers, psychologists) are narrow, standard-issue constructions.
10/30/06
The whimsical and meaningless first part dissolves into a mean spirited and disturbing concluding section.
07/25/02
Like the novel, Harriet the Spy is a rare children's story that celebrates the budding artistic spirit.
07/17/02
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02/14/02
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02/14/02
A very draggy affair because Harriet’s exploits are treated like an episodic laundry list.
02/09/02
At least they didn't make the nanny's umbrella handle a talking parrot.
01/01/00
...in busily updating the '60s story for the more worldly '90s, the filmmakers have ended up, ironically, with a product much more naively juvenile than the original.
01/01/00
While the well-loved novel was apparently about the admirable battle a kid must wage in order to become an artist in the face of peer disapproval, the movie seems to be about a mean-spirited tyke who has no scruples.
01/01/00
...doesn't live up to its promise as a movie that could have had a lot of fun exploiting the ingenuity-themed construct.
01/01/00
Harriet the Spy is an intelligent, insightful look at the tribulations of being a creative, misunderstood misfit at age eleven.
01/01/00
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