Harriet the Spy

1996
PG
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Trachtenberg in Harriet the Spy (1996)

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?

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Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
Nickelodeon's first feature film.

Goofs
The boom mic is visible over 24 times in the open matte (4:3) version of the movie. In the 16:9 matted widescreen version, it is only seen one time: when Harriet realizes that her notebook is missing after she and her friends play bumper tag. The boom mic dips very quickly into the frame in the upper left corner of the screen.

Quotes
Ole Golly: You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

Crazy credits
During the opening credits, items from Harriet's spy kit (i.e. magnifying glass, flashlight, and compass) are seen interacting with the credits as they appear.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Independence Day/Special Effects/Phenomenon (1996)

Soundtracks
Wack Wack
Written by Eldee Young, Hysear Walker, Isaac Holt & Donald Storball (as Don Storball)
Performed by The Young Holt Trio (as Young-Holt Unlimited)
Courtesy of Brunswick Record Corp.

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Review

Featured review

Quite alright

This movie was not what I expected, but I was not disappointed; I was rather entertained. I'm not familiar with the books regarding Harriet the Spy, so I thought the movie was going to be about a kid who uncovered and foiled some illegal plot she stumbled across. I had no idea it was about a girl who aspired to be a writer. It was more dramatic than I expected too, but very realistic..it was about loosing friends and winning friends back-a more realistic story than uncovering and foiling an illegal plot. I loved the city scenes of the children running around Ontario in the autumn. I found it to be rather cinematographic.