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Nanny McPhee (Widescreen Edition)
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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 Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I and my family enjoyed this movie immensely. It is the story of wayward, impossible children taught to behave by a strange,magical nanny. Sound familiar? What makes this one stand out is the outstanding performance by first-rate actors, an absolutely fabulous visual realization in set and costumes, and a certain strange, not so sweet bit throughout. The father, for example, is the undertaker of the little village -- his two assistants played amazingly and wonderfully by Derek Jacobi and Patrick Barlow. And who will ever forget Imelda Staunton in a showpiece small role? I recommend this DVD 100% to those who enjoy silliness and happy endings with a bit of flavor!
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Author: Guest
Just a fun evening. Not for the real little kids, but everyone else. The actors look like they are having fun. That's always good news for the audience.Even a touch of the stooges. So enjoy.
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Author: Guest
Recently I watched nanny mcphee!
Nanny McPhee is a classic everyone should own!
Ice Age 2 & Nanny McPhee are the movies that deserve 5 stars from everybody!
It reminds me of a "HARRY POTTER" type of movie, it has magic, funny parts & fun for the family!
I hope clean kid movies like Nanny McPhee, come out more often!
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Author: Guest
This is cute...everyone needs a Nanny like this!!!
Our daughter keeps asking to watch Nanny McPhee...she is only 3yrs old!!!
A great movie to watch with little ones. We have sat and watched this several times already...you will enjoy this also.
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Author: Guest
Stellar British actors are gathered for the production of `Nanny McPhee,' British family picture, which includes Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly McDonald, Imelda Staunton, Derek Jacobi, and Angela Lansbury. The director is Kirk Jones, who did a wicked comedy `Waking Ned Divine' back in 1998, set in a small Irish village where small lies beget another bigger lies. In 'Nanny McPhee' it is small magic by the newly arrived governess in black that rehabilitate the troubled relations between the kids and their father. But this happens only after several `close calls' that provide us with darkly funny moments.
For `Nanny McPhee' Emma Thompson wrote the script based on the children's book by Christina Brand `Nurse Matilda,' and herself stars as the `nanny' with one big protruding front tooth. She arrives at the door of one Mr. Brown (Colin Firth), with a magic walking cane with which she casts a spell on the unruly motherless children who had been so good at making the life of the previous governesses very miserable.
But Nanny McPhee is no ordinary governess, with her magic which is totally different from Mary Poppins.' Kids may act very rudely, even try to deceive Nanny McPhee, but she only lets them face the consequences of their bad behaviors. The story may sound preachy and humorless (and some may find it so), but thanks to the credible interactions between Emma Thompson and the seven children, especially Thomas Sangster, the film's main story is always involving.
The film has a sub-plot about the hasty plans of Mr. Brown and his remarriage. Mr. Brown reluctantly decides on marrying again, because his stern and aristocratic aunt (Angela Lansbury) orders him to do so within a month. Every piece is put in the right place at the end of the story (including the unrequited love of illiterate but sweet maid Evangeline played by very sweet Kelly McDonald), but things look a little too good and predictable, with more obvious slapsticks and less darker implications.
Forget about the dancing donkey and that kind of silly things in `Nanny McPhee.' The magic works in this film, but not that way. In `Nanny McPhee,' the magic is there to sort out the troubles in Mr. Brown's house, making the kids well-behaved and, more importantly, wiser. Its world is soaked in brilliant colors - interior of the room, the costume, and so on - and Nanny McPhee, always dressed in black, remains the same, giving the driest wit and humor. I love the film for this dry wit and humor, quintessentially British.
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