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| IMDB Rating: | 5.80 out of 10 (2183 votes) |
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It's just...great posted on 26 May 2009
I'm randomly here online checking out Harriet The Spy, since it's really my favorite movie of all time. This movie is so inspiring, one that you just have to see. If you're a young child, it's great and if you get a lil older, it's still the greatest and you could be caught crying. All I can say is that it's just beautiful and it's just so detailed and you can understand it more. Harriet The Spy has so much drama and it just has so much meaning to it. You see how important certain people are and the inspiration Harriet has towards becoming a writer. It's beautiful...and if you ever see any movie, it had better be this one. This movie is still my favorite today just because of how much it impacted me. I love to write and this shows how writing can make the world a better place...what you write can make a difference...because you'll know more and be able to help others...
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This movie is so great! I remember seeing it for the first time as a kid. It was one of my favorites. It was back when Michelle Trachtenberg wasn't on my s**t list. Excuse the vulgarity, but there was no other way to say it. I haven't liked anything she's done since and I miss the days of "Harriet the Spy". This movie reminds me of what it was like to be a kid: always fun and carefree. Everything was an adventure and you knew that you and your buddies would be friends forever.It's a great movie for kids, full of laughter, suspense, and adventure. I also thought Rosie O'Donnell was amazing as well. The role was perfect for her because I'd always seen her as that kind of nurturing mother-figure. And Eartha Kitt???! What a riot! She was amazing, over-the-top, as usual. My favorite scene would have to be the one where she sneaks into Eartha Kitt's house. It's amazingly funny and gives you a good idea of what the rest of the movie will be like. This one is a must see for families with children. Actually, it's a must see for everyone, because we all need a movie that makes us feel young again and "Harriet the Spy" definitely does that. I give it a 9 out of 10.
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Harriet the Spy is the story of an eleven-year-old girl, who has been taught to be an individual. Harriet wants to learn about people and she wants to learn how to express
her thought about them. So, she decides to becomes a spy and thus eavesdrops on the
nuances of the world around her. Of course, her schoolmates find her all too different,
and when they learn what she has been writing about, they decide to castigate her and
that is where things come to a head. Children can be cruel. Even Harriet.
But they can
also be hurt more profoundly. Here is a story about growing up. Like Stand By Me, it
enjoys humor, but balances itself carefully between the light and dark sides of
growing up. Michelle Tractenberg is nothing short of superb in her role as Harriet M.
Welsch. Rediscovered as Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here is a girl who
by rights should have been placed on equal terms with Anna Paquin in Fly Away Home
or Anna Chlumsky in My Girl. Harriet the Spy is an extraordinary film that bubbles out
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I saw this movie with my dad when it came out in the theaters -AHHH! IT CAME OUT IN IN 1996!!! I FEEL SO OLD!!-...ahem-sorry, my age just slapped me in the face. Anywho, we were watching the movie and the movie went out just as Harriett was taking out all her supplies from various places, and I remember telling my dad, "Maybe they don't want us to know where she keeps her things." The reason I bring up that random memory is because I remember it. I was so entranced by it, I remember saying that. I use to love this movie. The movie use to depress me, though, as Harriet loves all her friends thanks to her spying. Anyway, the acting is OK. Granted, it's no "Shakespeare in love", but it's OK. The story is also very out there, however, that's not fair for me to say, as I can't remember the storyline!
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I first saw this movie when I was nine years old. I liked it for that time. I in fact tried to emulate Harriet and her friends. But those days are over now. What I am trying to say is don't say this is an awful movie because you found it dumb. Yes, some of it may be a little...juvenile. But remember, it WAS MADE for juveniles, not adults or anyone else but the age range of 8-12. If you are between the ages of eight and twelve, and you still hated it, then yes, it is understandable. But it is ridiculous for an adult to say that they hated this movie because it is 'too juvenile'. I think this movie has a great plot and a great message to young children. Be truthful to your friends, and you will succeed beyond your dreams. I also read the book, and this movie is quite close to the book, which is a good thing for a movie to be. In totality, this is a cute movie with a good message, and if you liked the movie, read the book too.
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This Proved a hit in my household and this was a prime example of that point. When the diary was confiscated my little cousin Zak ask questions all week after repeatedly saying it time and time again.I give this an 9/10 for children and the acting was excellent. Michelle has now profited from the exprience and is currently in Buffy The Vampire Slayer as Buffy's Sister Dawn and she is an ideal child actress because she is a child( and little Zak has a bit of a crush on her, he's only five bless him)
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My 11-year-old daughter and I watched the video of Harriet the Spy last night. I found the story a bit slow to get going, but my daughter loved it. Once the plot finally kicks in (Harriet alienates her friends when they read the "truth" about them in her secret diary), it is well-developed and very "real". The resolution is satisfying without getting too soppy. The young actors are all superb, and the quick-cut editing gives it quite a pacy feel that my daughter really responded to.My favourite scene was the cat man in "Birdland"--good enough we rewound the tape for my husband (a jazz fan) to watch the scene.One oddity my daughter and I both puzzled over... After Harriet's parents confiscate her diary, she is seen destroying it in her room, and later her parents return it to her intact. It seemed to us like that middle scene was intended to be cut, but got put in anyway.I gave this film 8/10 from a "family viewing" and "production quality" aspect. My daughter gave it a thumbs-up 10/10, and she doesn't do that very often. If she's the target audience, and I presume she is, the film-makers got this one right on the nose.
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This is a good film. Michelle Trachtenberg makes a great Harriet the Spy.
This movie is filled with comedy for the younger kids and is worth a look. I think
this movie is underrated and it should have recieved more than it did. I read the
book and from what I can remember, this movie resembles the book well. Thesupporting cast including Rosie O'Donnell is great. The characterization is also
well done including the characters Sport, Janie and the wise cracker MarionHawthorne. Harriet the Spy has a great mix of comedy, drama and tragedy. Irecommend this movie to any young one and if you've haven't read the book, Iwould recommend you do or you might not understand this movie. *** out of **** -
Harriet The Spy Is Soooooooooooooo Good> Like its just such a great movie for kids. When it came out i was a kid and i loved it! As did my girlfriend and we still do. There are some really funny bits and touching bits. For instance when gully leaves and when Harriet gets her notebook taken away. Also when gully returns. I enjoy watching this movie, in fact i watched it yesterday. i think that all kids should be supported in their ventures such as writing in a notebook. Notebooks are such a great thing to spurn creativity. Some people just love the smell, and the look of a blank white page. They like it even better when it's filled with pretty things and words.fabulous movie.
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This wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Mainly it was way too juvenile, but also the actors gave unconvincing performances. Probably a decent film for kids, and it carried a good message of forgiveness in the end, but I figure I'm too long in the tooth for this style of entertainment.
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This is one movie that I watched a lot growing up and most films that I liked when I was younger I don't like as much now, well not with Harriet The Spy.Nowadays I realize what a fun joy this movie really is.This movie is just so much fun, and for a kids film its very well done so much that I consider it for people of all ages.It has a great since of humor and character structure, this movie basically isn't afraid to tell it like it.I think that all of the cast members where great(including every one of the kids), especially from Michelle Tractenburg, Rosie O'Donnel(who is very charming as Harriets nanny), and everyone else.I love all the kids(especially Marrion Hawthorne), because there all so believable and so much fun to watch.I must say like any other film it has its down but they should be avoided and not bring this film down.Overall this film is great, and I love it still today and anyone and everyone should given it at least one viewing. 8.2 1/2 out of 10 stars
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I watched this movie first in the movie theaters when I was younger. I must tell you that I enjoyed it to the extreme. It's the type of movie that makes a young child want to go out and be the main character. You know what I mean, get a spy notebook and gadjets and try to spy on the next door neighbors. Come on, I did it, haha. Anyway, Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) plays Harriet, the lead character. She gets herself into a lot of trouble throughout the story, but has a lot of fun on the way too. She does an awesome job with that character. I also think the role of Sport (played by Gregory Smith of Everwood) was also great. He did a good job of making Sport a believeable character. Rosie O'Donnell also stars in this movie. I like this movie, and it is fun to see those actors such as Trachtenberg and Smith now and see how much they have grown since this movie.
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This was the first film i ever saw in the cinema. i loved it, brillantly acting and also very tearful especially if your a kid, and relate to most of the children/teenage problems of bullying, but this film is a brillant kid/family movie, even my mum watches this. Its not how the other person said crap and michelle trachtenberg is a brat, thats so not true. Its based on a girl that has a diary, its sort of her bestfriend, but when it starts getting her into trouble, her evil parents take it away from her, with help from her nanny she wins back the love from her friends and.. well i wouldnt wanna ruin it for you.. jsut check it out if you love kiddy movies, im 16 and i saw this when i was 9 and i still love it
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I loved this movie. I think Michelle did an excellent job as Harriet. I also like the realness of the movie. Kids do eat weird things and get dirty. I also liked the adventures the nanny, Rosie O'Donnel, took the kids on. Overall it was a very fun and entertaining movie that even little kids will like.
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This little film has been roundly criticized for being disjointed and amateurish. Well, it _is_ disjointed: part of it is surreal allegory, part realistic morality play. Part of it moves with a natural rhythm while other parts seem to have been transplanted from afternoon TeeVee. Some is done with a cartoon cosmology, and the rest is straight from Marlo Thomas' heart. Distributed throughout are mottles of bad acting and unconsidered dialog.And I loved it all. Why?Because this is in the tradition of movies and books that generate themselves. Rather, the characters in the stories play double duty as the authors of the story and the creators of the world that surrounds it. So it makes sense as precisely what a preteen would imagine her older self writing about her. Indeed, the whole thing is a meditation on how someone might abstract the world (for writing) without a mature faculty for abstraction — which is to say how a kid would imagine an adult's mind imagining a kid's mind.Its all about the deep problems of writing. I imagine the author of the original book sitting down and having trouble writing, them ruminating about why on the page.Therefore, we have a youthful experimenter, a blocked writer, a "gardener" who makes environments from trash, another maker of environments (cages) who craves companionship, a woman who lives in a cage (Kitt), the Dad who is a movie comedian, together with lesser characters.And the spy who spies so she can write what we see. It is all about sight and callow abstraction, just what movies were made for. Sure, it differs from the book because film can amplify what the book cannot. The adapter (the guy that did the game as life as game "Jumanji" project) understood this.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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this movie i went and saw when it first came out. After watching the behind the scenes promos on nickelodeon i was really shocked that Nickelodeon can do movies as well as a television network. Brilliantly written and acted i loved the acting and all the characters. It shows that what you are thinking is not always good to write down for fear of someone finding it.
It also show's her trials and tribulations going through 6th grade wanting to be a spy and having a nanny in the mix. I loved Rosie O' Donnell in this film she is truly an awesome actor and during the movie you can't help but get a little teary eyed and crack up when your supposed to. I recommend for anyone especially a movie night for the family and/or friends! ~! -
If I had seen this movie on its own, I would probably have no strong opinion of it. I can see how children would like it, and it's not "bad" in and of itself. However, as an adaptation of my favorite book from childhood, it's very disappointing, and that's why I rate it as I do. Perhaps "Harriet the Spy" was never suited for updating to the late 20th century. And it's a difficult thing to adapt to film, since so much of the text takes place inside Harriet's head and in the pages of her notebook. This book and I are about the same age and I'd like to see it done again as a period piece, with more attention paid to casting and less to the swirly 1990's camera work. It's simple: look at the author's illustrations in the book, and find actors who look like that. Eartha Kitt can be wonderful, but she's no Agatha Plummer… what about Angela Lansbury? Or Rue McClanahan? The worst choice of all was Rosie O'Donnell as Ole Golly. (To indulge in a little fantasy casting, I'd love to have seen the late Nancy Kulp as Ole Golly; I think she would have done a wonderful job.) Oh well. It is what it is, and your mileage will vary. I don't think Louise Fitzhugh would have been pleased, and I know I wasn't.
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I honestly just can't help but think this movie was just so great.I loved Michelle Tratchenberg so much in this movie, because her character was so fun and cool.I especially loved Rosie O' Donell too and thought that she did an excellent job in her co-starring character.This movie was just so entertaining, and I loved all the little kids and their characters.While I will say I loved the movie so much, I did find it very unbelievable.All these kids aren't THAT smart, and THAT revengeful, and THAT mean and conniving, and that really brought the movie down for me, but nonetheless it entertains and manages to keep you smiling all the way through.See it if you haven't.
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This film is super! I can't get enough of it don't over look it as a movie just for kids. I thought it was well directed and the child actors give great performances. Rosie was good too she played a very calm person a role I think she should do more often. the music in the movie is also fun and well put together so go buy or rent this movie right now. Or later I guess it doesn't really matter when you get it.
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Whoever thinks that this movie stunk needs to get a life and watch the movie a couple of times. It was very real about how your friends can turn against you by things that you write. Michelle Trachtenberg deserved an award for this movie. It does take a while to move, but, at the end, it was exceptionally great. It's more of a movie for the family than just for the kids. I love it. If you have to pick a movie for everyone, rush to get this and don't think twice. You won't regret it. After the movie, you'll probably want to get a nice composition notebook and write down everything, pun intended.