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With hairy warts, a stern-looking unibrow and one extremely protruding buck-tooth, Nanny McPhee is a wonderfully comedic substitute for Mary Poppins in this entertaining family fantasy. By loosely adapting Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda children's books of the 1960s, Oscar®-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) has also given herself the plum role of Nanny McPhee, who can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr. Brown (Colin Firth), who's under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide (a tailor-made role for Angela Lansbury). His love for scullery maid Evangeline (Kelly Macdonald) remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly (Celia Imrie), but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right, especially after they've come under the benevolent influence of Nanny McPhee, whose peculiar brand of discipline works wonders for everyone involved. Both quintessentially British and universally appealing, this wildly colorful comedy (thanks to a bold palette of costume and production design) was capably directed by Kirk Jones, whose appreciation for comic actors was equally apparent in his critically acclaimed 1998 comedy Waking Ned Devine. With just a hint of darkness to offset the whimsy, Nanny McPhee offers a splendid match of director, cast and material, guaranteed to please Wallace & Gromit fans and anyone else with a taste for British zaniness. --Jeff Shannon
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Nanny McPhee is a person of unsettling appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown, attempting to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice their vile behaviour leads swiftly and magically to rather startling consequences.
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Nanny McPhee,
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This review is from: Nanny McPhee (Full Screen) (DVD)
Excellent, fun filled adventure about a wonderful mysterious nanny who comes to save a family & teach them things about themselves & the strengths they didn't know they had, a great family movie!
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The Sound of Music-Cheaper by the Dozen-Mary Poppins movie,
By Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Nanny McPhee (Widescreen) (DVD)
The Sound of Music’s Von Trapp kidslook like the Brady Bunch compared to Cedric’s seven imps who eat their own for lunch When nanny number eighteen comes they quickly hatch a plot but quickly learn the McPhee dame is Mary Poppins – NOT! All dressed in black with walking stick she’s got two ugly moles a unibrow and one buck tooth and pores like giant holes Although they try to tame the Shrew they’re like a book she’s read She makes them learn their lessons and to quit while they’re ahead No Cheaper by the Dozen their dad has had his fill without his Great Aunt Adelaide he couldn’t pay a bill He’s got one month to find a wife to please Aunt Adelaide but when he picks a cruel witch some fresh new plans are made As long as she can fill a need Nanny McPhee will stay but when that need is at an end she has to go away A family film for everyone and highly recommended a fairy tale where all ends well and you’ll be sad it’s ended. Amanda Richards
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I quite enjoyed it(a good family film),
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this is a good movie.it is directed by Kirk Jones,writer and directorof "Waking Ned Devine"it has something for everyone.mild rude humour for the kids, bit of romance for the adults.okay maybe teens won't like it.It is a fantasy movie,so it obviously much of it is not realistic of course.it echoes 1964's sound of music,but is more complex and has more depth.Ther are some dark moments which may be a little frightening for really young children,so use your discretion.the film is very colourful and well photographed.The acting is very good,although this not a film where the actors had to dig deep to find their characters.Anyway,Mr.Brown(Colin Firth-"Bridget Jonse's Diary 1 and 2","Love Actually")has a problem.he is a single father with 7 uncontrollable children.They have managed to drive away every Nanny he has hired,usually in days or less.the local Nanny agency will no longer supply him with a nanny telling him at one point something along the lines of"they're all gone",you've driven them all away".So,one day,in walks the mysterious Nanny Mcphee(Emma Thompson,Love actually, "Stranger Than Fiction", also wrote the screenplay based on the children's novels"Nurse Matilda,by Christianna Brand).but she is no ordinary Nanny,as is quickly revealed.what follows is chaos,comedy romance until what should by now be the obvious ending.the beautiful and very talented Kelly Macdonald("Finding Neverland","The Girl in the Cafe" plays the love interest.Angela Lansbury also appears in the movie as does Imelda Staunton.overall,a fun family film. 4/5
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