Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 05/27/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
The first feature film from the
Nickelodeon cable channel,
Harriet the Spy is an updated version of
Louise Fitzhugh's best-selling 1964 children's novel. Sixth grade outcast
Harriet (
Michelle Trachtenberg) is an only child who has mostly been raised by her nanny,
Golly (
Rosie O'Donnell), rather than her materialistic parents.
Harriet wants to be a writer when she grows up, and only
Golly encourages her creative pursuits. Meanwhile,
Harriet dons a yellow raincoat and a belt full of gadgets to spy on everyone around her, including her eccentric neighbor with a lot of cats and the other kids at school. Carefully taking notes in her private notebook,
Harriet makes clever and cruel observations about her subjects, including her best friends, would-be scientist
Janie (
Vanessa Lee Chester) and overburdened
Sport (
Gregory Smith).
Harriet's world begins to change when
Golly leaves, signaling that it is time for her to grow up. Then a snobby girl a school,
Marion, gets her hands on
Harriet's special notebook and makes its contents known to the whole school. Soon everyone is against
Harriet, and she must concoct a plan to get even.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
