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Harriet the Spy
Harriet may only be in the sixth grade, but she's already found her calling: to be a spy. Carefully taking notes in her private notebook, Harriet makes clever and cruel observations about her subjects, including her best friends. But when Harriet's friends find her secret notebook the tables are turned on her...
21 October 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 July 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 November 1956, Wansford Camp, England, UK
22 July 1946, San Francisco, California, USA
17 January 1927, North, South Carolina, USA
8 December 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
28 February 1932, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
28 November 1903, East London, England, UK
6 July 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 January 1971, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
October 30, 2006
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.
May 06, 2003
Will remind parents of their own youth, and it will aid those living theirs out now to cope a little easier -- and that's just what a children's film should do.
January 01, 2000
There's a certain amateurish quality about Harriet the Spy, but it's more the TV-trained grownups behind the camera...than the pint-sized thespians in front of it.
July 25, 2002
The whimsical and meaningless first part dissolves into a mean spirited and disturbing concluding section.
January 02, 2011
Fans of the book will want to see this film.
July 27, 2002
A better-than-expected kid's-book adaptation.
January 01, 2000
...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.
September 25, 2003
A kids' movie that's more serious - and substantial - than most.
January 01, 2000
The film's OK, a little thick with sensory overload, but it wasn't made for old guys like me.
January 01, 2000
Harriet the Spy has real character in some of its details, but it never feels like much more than a low-budget TV show.
February 09, 2002
A very draggy affair because Harriet's exploits are treated like an episodic laundry list.
January 01, 2000
...a tedious adaptation...