Nanny McPhee
— Entertaining and magical handbook on child discipline. Behave yourself or the kid gets it.”
- Director: Kirk Jones
- US / UK, 2005
For children, Emma Thompson’s screenplay is a cautionary tale about the consequences of cheeking one’s elders. For adults, it’s a solid argument for the use of reverse psychology to discipline the little scamps.
Nanny McPhee is an evenly paced, brightly painted yarn whose eponymous magical heroine relies upon a frog’s whisker of CGI in comparison to the graphical gluttony of the Wizard of Seven Novels (sic).
Despite a standout performance from Thomas Sangster and the onscreen Thompson’s character-deepening tics, the real star here is the make-up. Angela Lansbury is rendered almost unrecognisable as Aunt Adelaide by an outrageous facial array, whilst the crookedly eccentric Nanny’s transformation from “something to fear” unto “someone to love” is superbly executed.
See also:
Rebel Without A Cause
Remembering the acting talent of James Dean, a legend in his own afterlife.
- Originally published: 27 Feb 2007 in Film
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