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A bit alarming at first, Nanny McPhee has a hard edge to counter Mary Poppins-style sweetness, but it still charms us and teaches some valuable lessons.
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Nanny McPhee falls back on the Nickelodeon principle "If all else fails, hit 'em with a retina-searing overload of visual and aural information." Nov 27, 2006 | Rating: C+
Nanny McPhee falls back on the Nickelodeon principle "If all else fails, hit 'em with a retina-searing overload of visual and aural information."
Scott Tobias
...Pleasing but ultimately unsatisfying. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
...Pleasing but ultimately unsatisfying.
Anna Smith
The kids will love the candy-box sets and costumes like confectionery-shop windows, the whimsy and farcical grotesqueness of it all. Feb 8, 2006
The kids will love the candy-box sets and costumes like confectionery-shop windows, the whimsy and farcical grotesqueness of it all.
Rex Reed
Any time Thompson curls that prosthetic snaggletooth over her lower lip and murmurs a nearly inaudible harrumph is a comic moment to be treasured. Feb 4, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4
Any time Thompson curls that prosthetic snaggletooth over her lower lip and murmurs a nearly inaudible harrumph is a comic moment to be treasured.
Jami Bernard
There's nothing offhand or spontaneous-feeling about Nanny McPhee; it's a highly mechanical piece of work, and its potentially delightful details are wasted. Jan 27, 2006
There's nothing offhand or spontaneous-feeling about Nanny McPhee; it's a highly mechanical piece of work, and its potentially delightful details are wasted.
Stephanie Zacharek
In a seemingly blithe way, the movie captures an aspect of child consciousness not usually explored onscreen -- that zone between innocence and knowledge. Jan 27, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
In a seemingly blithe way, the movie captures an aspect of child consciousness not usually explored onscreen -- that zone between innocence and knowledge.
Mick LaSalle
As Nanny McPhee's hideousness melts slowly away, the film packs a sweet punch, but there is still a spoonful of medicine in amongst the concoctions of clotted cream and acid-coloured icing. Aug 23, 2017 | Full Review…
As Nanny McPhee's hideousness melts slowly away, the film packs a sweet punch, but there is still a spoonful of medicine in amongst the concoctions of clotted cream and acid-coloured icing.
Dorothy Woodend
It's more of a kids' film than a grown-up's movie, with a good message at its heart. Aug 1, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's more of a kids' film than a grown-up's movie, with a good message at its heart.
Kevin Carr
The kind of movie that I would have loved to seen as a kid. Magical stuff. I look forward to the sequel. Paul Chambers, CNN. Apr 30, 2010 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The kind of movie that I would have loved to seen as a kid. Magical stuff. I look forward to the sequel. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Paul Chambers
Nanny McPhee really works ... despite all of its common plots and ideas, because it stays true to storybook conventions that have never and will never get old. Sep 17, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Nanny McPhee really works ... despite all of its common plots and ideas, because it stays true to storybook conventions that have never and will never get old.
Christopher Campbell
An exquisitely designed fable that will delight adults as well as their offspring through its beguiling innocence and hushed, low-key charm. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
An exquisitely designed fable that will delight adults as well as their offspring through its beguiling innocence and hushed, low-key charm.
David Noh
There are many different kinds of children's movies, and this one tries to be all of them at once -- including one of those in which the children are smarter than the adults. Sep 27, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4
There are many different kinds of children's movies, and this one tries to be all of them at once -- including one of those in which the children are smarter than the adults.
Peter T. Chattaway
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