Nanny McPhee
3/4
poster

Details & Information from IMDB

Genre Comedy
Year 2005
Duration 97 min
Rating 7.0 out of 10
Description: Based on the "Nurse Matilda" books by Christianna Brand comes the story of Nanny McPhee. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) is now a widow with seven ill-behaved children who've already chased away 17 nannies. But when a mysterious voice tells Cedric to hire Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson), she arrives at the Brown home and the kids learn to behave properly. But when Great-Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) tells Cedric he must be married by the end of the month or she'll separate the children, he tries to find women, but the children run them away. And Nanny McPhee tells Simon (Thomas Sangster), the eldest, that he will face the consequences, so the kids go to Selma Quickly (Celia Imrie) and admit what they did and ask to give their father a second chance and they will be married. Will the kids really find the perfect woman for their father?
Comments: I took my children, ages 8 and 5, to see the movie over the weekend and I'd have to say that I enjoyed it every bit as much as they did. The character portrayed by Emma Thompson was simply wonderful. Even though she used her "magic" to get desired results from the children, all one had to do was look into her eyes and see the genuine compassion she felt for the children. The whole scenario with the fairy tale books and logic behind WHY the children misbehaved to much made them not nearly as bratty as one would have expected from such behavior and actually made me feel a bit sorry for them so they became almost likable in their attitudes. They weren't just "brats" for the sake of being brats; they had a genuine fear of losing their father which, ultimately would have happened had he married that harpie Mrs. Quimby.

My children absolutely loved the whole barnyard animal scene, especially the dancing donkey. Second to that was the food fight at the wedding. I found this movie to be appropriate for children of ALL ages and simply enjoyable for myself as well. I highly recommend this movie!!!