Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/20/2010 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG for rude humor, some language and mild thematic elements Running Time 100 Minutes Genre Comedy, Family Director Susanna White Writer Emma Thompson Cast Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Asa Butterfield, Ralph Fiennes Studio Universal |
NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS (2010)
SYNOPSIS
In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar®-winning actress
and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role
of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed
the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of
the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has
enchanted children around the world.
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the
door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green
(Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm
while her husband is away at war. But once she’s
arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s
children are fighting a war of their own against two
spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse
to leave.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a
statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a
baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places,
Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her
mischievous charges five new lessons.
. --© Universal
In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar®-winning actress
and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role
of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed
the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of
the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has
enchanted children around the world.
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the
door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green
(Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm
while her husband is away at war. But once she’s
arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s
children are fighting a war of their own against two
spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse
to leave.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a
statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a
baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places,
Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her
mischievous charges five new lessons.
. --© Universal
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Nanny McPhee returns to entertain young movie goers; however, unlike the first Nanny McPhee, Nanny
McPhee Returns is unable to bring the same magic. Nanny McPhee first arrives at a little old farm where
a mother is balancing her job, taking care of her children, and trying to maintain the family farm while her
husband is away at war. The children are worried about their father because he hasn’t written in over
three months and they are misbehaving. To make matters worse the children’s spoiled cousins are
coming to stay with them and their uncle is trying to steal their farm. Once Nanny McPhee arrives at the
farm she must use magic to teach the children five lessons; the first lesson being to stop fighting. Again
Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee is able to dazzle audiences as she transforms from ugly to beautiful
as the children transform their behavior from bad to good. The CGI animals are a little goofy; pigs
synchronized swimming, a bird belching, and an elephant that steals pens. Plus, the overall storyline is
weaker compared to the first Nanny McPhee. Children and grown-ups will definitely enjoy this film, but it
doesn’t hold a candle to the first one.
McPhee Returns is unable to bring the same magic. Nanny McPhee first arrives at a little old farm where
a mother is balancing her job, taking care of her children, and trying to maintain the family farm while her
husband is away at war. The children are worried about their father because he hasn’t written in over
three months and they are misbehaving. To make matters worse the children’s spoiled cousins are
coming to stay with them and their uncle is trying to steal their farm. Once Nanny McPhee arrives at the
farm she must use magic to teach the children five lessons; the first lesson being to stop fighting. Again
Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee is able to dazzle audiences as she transforms from ugly to beautiful
as the children transform their behavior from bad to good. The CGI animals are a little goofy; pigs
synchronized swimming, a bird belching, and an elephant that steals pens. Plus, the overall storyline is
weaker compared to the first Nanny McPhee. Children and grown-ups will definitely enjoy this film, but it
doesn’t hold a candle to the first one.
by David Ladd