Nanny McPhee (2005)

Directed by

Kirk Jones

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3,245 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Victorian England, a strict nanny with a magical touch arrives to help a widowed father manage his seven unruly children. Through a series of lessons, the children learn manners and responsibility while the family heals together.

whimsicalgentleheartwarmingmildly mischievousold-fashionedfamily-friendlyearnestcozy

What happens

Nanny McPhee is a 2005 comedy drama fantasy film directed by Kirk Jones, based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. Set in Victorian England in the 1860s, it stars Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) as Nanny McPhee, along with Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Patrick Barlow, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster and Angela Lansbury. It was co-produced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions with music by Patrick Doyle, and produced by Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. It was released theatrically on 21 October 2005 in the UK by United International Pictures and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures. Thompson also scripted the film, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books. The filming location was Penn House Estate in Buckinghamshire. A sequel, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, was released in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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