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Summary: I really enjoyed watching this movie!
Review: To see how the girl handled her problems and worked through them was a good example to my 5 daughters who enjoyed this movie. Watching her come to a realization that you should look closer at a situation and not jump to conclusions was also put in the movie very well. My kids understood that concept.We will watch this movie again and again for a long time to come.
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Summary: Louise Fitzhugh is spinning in her grave
Review: Readers who know the indomitable Harriet know she would never destroy her notebooks, no matter how distressed she was. Why Rosie O'Donnell in a part that should have been played by Chloris Leachman? Why is Mr Welsch portrayed as an ineffectual wimp and Mrs Welsch as a harridan? PC interracial casting inevitable but jarring (why not a black actress playing Harriet also?).Don't bother with this fluff. The real Harriet is in the books.
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Summary: Get the Book, Get the Movie!
Review: Harriet M. Welsch is eleven years old. She has parents that love her dearly but are not that close with her. She has a nanny named Golly. She has two best friends named Sport and Janie. Life could be perfect. Harriet is a spy. She has a notebook and spies on her neighbors and friends. Of course, it's private, and that causes a problem. Harriet has two problems in this movie. One is that Golly is fired after she and Harriet go to a movie and come back late, and that, during a game of tag, Marion Hawthorne (who is considered the snob of the sixth grade) finds her notebook and reads all of the bad notes. Needless to say, Harriet has no more friends after this. Michelle Tractenberg, who plays Harriet, is a wonderful actress at something like this, and I hope Nickeloden (who did this) decides to do the "Long Secret", the sequel to "Harriet"!
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Summary: Get the book instead
Review: This movie is possibly the worst I've ever seen,and I usually enjoy kid's movies to a point.This was awful.It took a minor story line from the book (which is absolutely wonderful)and blew it up to make a slow paced,boring,hideous movie.I adore Rosie O'Donnell but her performance in this movie is just awful.A warning to parents.KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM THIS VIDEO AND GET THEM THE BOOK!!!
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Summary: It was great! I like it so much I watch it over and over!
Review: Some parts were sad like when Golly leaves. Some parts are scary like when she was caught in the huge house. Some parts were funny like when the stink-bom made everybody leave while the play was going on.
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Summary: great
Review: I love this movie and have watched it several times. It's not only for children! It's been done in an unusual way,the story is great and noone could be a better Harriet than Michelle Trachtenberg.Colourful,heartwarming,brilliant!!!
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Summary: Best movie since land before time part 6!
Review: There are 88 used copies of this movie for sale, starting off at 33 cents. That may tell you something. People hate this thing so bad they are practicly giving it away!Apparently, someone at Nickelodeon decieded it was time to make a feature film. What a better way to start out than with a sure fire classic like "harriet the spy" I remember the hype when this movie came out. I remember the numerous advertisements for it. But mostly, I remember going to see it and feeling like an idiot. What a great way to kick off your feature film market than to make a movie that completly sucked. Luckily, people knew a bad movie when they saw one, and this thing was forgotten almost instantly. (...)
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Summary: Midly entertainitng, but a bit off
Review: Parts of this story are entertaining, but parts of it tended to bother me. What really bothered me was that Harriet did some mean things to people in her class, but her nanny never told her that what she did was wrong. She seemed to tell Harriet to pretend to be sorry, even if she wasn't sorry. That attitude is what really bothers me about the movie and the book.
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Summary: A Thoughtful and Evocative Children's Film...
Review: Who says you have to be a kid to like a movie generally made for kids? My daughter has liked this movie for years and I think I like it even more than her. Nickelodeon has produced something special here. Before SPY KIDS there was HARRIET! This is a great adventure with some emotional themes (peer pressure, honesty) for youngsters. Through hip hand-held style camera shooting and a festive funky soundtrack to boot, I like the movie simply for the execution. The fact that Rosie O'Donnel was pregnant (in disquise) during the making is also an interesting obstacle they had to work with. At any rate, Harriet the Spy is a fun, and rather different movie. When I say different I mean not like typical movies today filled with special effects and scenes so crammed with action and expository dialog that you can't even enjoy a scene. Harriet the Spy has some calm moments that cinematically shine (unique camera angles, color choices). The subtle sound effects and many humorous moments make this story fun for everyone. The only reason I give this movie 4 and not 5 stars is because the DVD version the Paramount has put together offers a FALSE widescreen representation of the movie. If you compare to the earlier VHS edition, you'll notice that they actually CROPPED this movie for DVD to give it the APPEARANCE of widescreen, rather, you're actually seeing LESS of the picture which was originally cropped on the VHS version for full-screen adaptation to begin with! That and NO bonus features to speak for whatsoever (is it so hard to add at least the original TRAILER?) I found that rather disappointing.
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Summary: This is a boring movie.
Review: Don't let the title fool you. This isn't about a spy who kills badguys. It's about a little girl who spies on boring people and writes things in her diary. It's very boring. Nothing very exciting happens. Don't rent it or Buy it unless you like boring movies.
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