Product Details

• Actors: Arthur Anoai, Ed Leslie, Butch Brickell, James Coffey, Dondi Dahlin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303962440
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,877 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Still trying to establish himself as a comedy actor, Hulk Hogan proves he's a one-joke pony in this limp comedy about spoiled rich kids. He takes a job working for computer genius Austin Pendleton, whose kids have practical-joked themselves out of every nanny their dad has hired. The Hulkster comes in for the same treatment: electric shocks that stand his sparse blond hair on end, bowling balls to the noggin--in other words, the full Home Alone treatment. But when dad's villainous nemesis (David Johansen) tries to kidnap the kids, it's Hulk to the rescue, and then it's the kids' turn to rescue him, using their naughtiness to good advantage. --Marshall Fine

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good not great, read the book instead, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mr Nanny [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While I certainly believe that Hulk Hogan has screen presence surpassed only by a select few, this was a project that was somewhat troubled from the beginning. Hogan shows his full theatrical arsenal as Sean Armstrong in this adaptation of "Mr. Nanny" but the end result comes up a bit short.

Creating a screen translation of William Burroughs' brilliantly intricate novel was a daunting task, and while the effort put forth in writing "Mr. Nanny" for the screen by Michael Gottlieb (who also directs) and Edward Rugoff was a noble one, it still falls short of Burroughs' wild vision. Burroughs himself, a key uncredited contributor to the film, was opposed to key casting decision. For instance, Gottlieb had his heart set on Sherman Helmsley for the role of Burt Wilson, Armstrong's manager. Burroughs remarked that Helmsley's work in the TV series "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" was nothing more than "visual flatulence," and he insisted on Sinbad taking that role to no avail.

There was also the problem of toning down the frequent drug use and phallic imagery so prevalent in Burroughs' novel. While I agree that it would have been difficult to capture that particular essence of the book, I do believe that the writers could have done better than merely showing the villainous Thanatos (David Johansen) smoking marijuana while reading a copy of OUT magazine. This doesn't exactly capture the paranoid and druggily fantastic "wild boys" motif of the novel. Hogan does provide a certain degree of screen heat, but he can't do it alone.

There are certain elements in this translation that I did enjoy. For one, the post-apocalyptic Amazon basin does bear an appropriate symbolic relationship to the single parent suburban home where most of the events of the film transpire. Plus, you can't fault Hogan. His is a valiant attempt to bring a literary masterpiece to new levels on the screen. In closing, READ THE BOOK. You won't be disappointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Czos Review, May 3, 2004

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Ryan Czopek (Algonquin, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Nanny (DVD)

Mr. Nanny starring Hulk Hogan is quite literally so stupid it is funny. Really bad acting and a totally off the wall storyline make this worth viewing. If you like movies that you think are so bad their good you will like this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Nanny Rules!, August 22, 2004

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Zulrath (Yarmouth Co, Nova Scotia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr Nanny [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What can I say, Christians have their bible, and I have Mr. Nanny. This has to be one of the greatest movies ever made. It takes the "AMAZING" acting skills of Hulk Hogan (the GREATEST wrestler of all time) with a plot that's undeniably sidsplittingly funny and you have a winner. The story is basically about how Hulk was at the top of the mountain in the wrestling world when one day, everything fell apart. While walking through the valley of the shadow of death, he winds up getting the job of Nanny for some problem children. Will Hulk get his wrestling career back on top? Will he turn these kids around? Buy it and find out! (As an added bonus, you get to see Hulk in a tutu!)