There was a tongue-in-cheek approach to "A Nanny's Revenge" with some sly tricks deployed by the filmmakers. When it is revealed at the beginning that the singular trait of the protagonist Gina Jensen is that she is "impulsive," we know that we are in for a wild ride.
Gina lost both of her parents when her father died on a construction job due to "cheap and faulty" electrical parts purchased from China by the contractor Parker Randall. Gina's mom died in an auto crash on the way to the hospital to visit her dying husband. Randall then tries to cover up his malfeasance by doctoring the toxicology report on Gina's dad, indicating that he was drunk on the job.
It is at this moment that Gina's impulsivity kicks in, leading her to devise a fantastical scenario to infiltrate Randall's home as the nanny to his young son Jackson. A string of outrageous fantasy scenes are dramatized in Gina's mind in which she takes Randall hostage and extracts a confession out of him. But it is unclear exactly what Gina will ultimately do to the scoundrel Randall.
The final fifteen minutes of the film occurs in the Randall home where all of the main characters converge at the climactic moment where Gina confronts Randall. There was good dramatic tension, as well as solid performances from the entire cast.
One of the most intriguing characters was Brynn Randall, the long-suffering wife whose crooked husband had been cheating on her. Impulsivity may have been Gina's dominant character trait. But she also carefully plotted her revenge scheme and shrewdly planned to record the pivotal scene where she confronts Randall. But she is thrown a wicked curve ball when Brynn shows up on the scene.
There was especially strong work on the part of the director to move the action along at a brisk pace, which complements the theme of impulsivity. At the end, it will be up to audience members to decide whether they have just watched a Greek tragedy or a French farce.
Gina lost both of her parents when her father died on a construction job due to "cheap and faulty" electrical parts purchased from China by the contractor Parker Randall. Gina's mom died in an auto crash on the way to the hospital to visit her dying husband. Randall then tries to cover up his malfeasance by doctoring the toxicology report on Gina's dad, indicating that he was drunk on the job.
It is at this moment that Gina's impulsivity kicks in, leading her to devise a fantastical scenario to infiltrate Randall's home as the nanny to his young son Jackson. A string of outrageous fantasy scenes are dramatized in Gina's mind in which she takes Randall hostage and extracts a confession out of him. But it is unclear exactly what Gina will ultimately do to the scoundrel Randall.
The final fifteen minutes of the film occurs in the Randall home where all of the main characters converge at the climactic moment where Gina confronts Randall. There was good dramatic tension, as well as solid performances from the entire cast.
One of the most intriguing characters was Brynn Randall, the long-suffering wife whose crooked husband had been cheating on her. Impulsivity may have been Gina's dominant character trait. But she also carefully plotted her revenge scheme and shrewdly planned to record the pivotal scene where she confronts Randall. But she is thrown a wicked curve ball when Brynn shows up on the scene.
There was especially strong work on the part of the director to move the action along at a brisk pace, which complements the theme of impulsivity. At the end, it will be up to audience members to decide whether they have just watched a Greek tragedy or a French farce.