NANNY MCPHEE

Comedy

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Thomas Sangster: Simon, the ringleader of seven unruly children
Colin Firth: their father, Cedric Brown, a recently widowed undertaker
Imelda Staunton: Mrs. Blatherwick, the red-faced ex-military cook
Kelly Macdonald: the scullery maid Evangeline
Emma Thompson: Nanny McPhee
Angela Lansbury: Brown’s rich Great Aunt Adelaide
Celia Imrie: Selma Quickly, one of Brown’s customers

REVIEW
This is a rather charming movie with lots of subtle British humour. Sometimes the antics of the children are a bit outlandish, but that’s what makes it so enjoyable. We know Nanny McPhee will put that right.

CLASSIFICATION
for mild thematic elements, some rude humor and brief language.

FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
The movie takes place around the turn of the century when people still travelled in stagecoach. While sitting at his desk, Mr. Brown picks up a ballpoint pen. A Hungarian journalist named Laszlo Biro invented the first one in 1938, quite some years later.

Following a food fight, Evangeline is left with icing on her face. In the close-ups, the drips are almost to her chin whereas in the medium length shots only her top lip has icing on it.