Nanny McPhee Returns

Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 20, 2010

5.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 55 Ratings

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TheQuietGamerFeb 13, 2011

This was in my opinion better than the first movie, it's funny and the characters are enjoyable, my only complaint is that it has a crappy opening which makes you think this movie is going to suck, but after that it turns out to be one of theThis was in my opinion better than the first movie, it's funny and the characters are enjoyable, my only complaint is that it has a crappy opening which makes you think this movie is going to suck, but after that it turns out to be one of the best movies of 2010.… Expand

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heyitsmegrif4Dec 17, 2011

Funny, charming, visually well done, and well performed from Emma Thompson. This is a definite improvement on the original because it is entertaining. I five this film a 93% of a good movie.

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ShiiraAug 28, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cut the Green children some slack; their father is away at war. It's hard being left behind, the not knowing, moment to moment, if you still have two parents. Life during wartime, life on a pig farmer's wages, that's more than enough stress for Norman(Asa Butterfield) and Megsie(Lil Woods), the muddy children of a soldier who worry if their evergreen mother(the beautiful Maggie Gylenhaal) can keep the farm from going under. While machinations loom, the agenda of a degenerate uncle(Rhys Ifans) with gambling debts to pay off, the Green family takes in borders, the Gray children, Cyril(Eros Vlahos) and Celia(Rosie Taylor Rilson), rich cousins from the city who don't like their new digs, and don't like them. "Nanny McPhee Returns" deals a lot with the dynamics between the bourgeois and the proletariat, and how even a woman of modest means end up on the wrong side of the class war(i.e. Ms. Kilman, the homely tutor who fawns over Elizabeth in Virginia Woolf's "Miss Dalloway"). Matilda, Nanny McPhee's real name(the two films are adapted from Christianna Brand's "Nurse Matilda" books), was also the name of a boxing kangaroo(Daniel Mann's "Matilda", starring Elliott Gould), which is so befitting since the nanny runs a kangaroo court. When a brouhaha erupts in the children's quarters, not only are Cyril and Celia punished, but Norman and Megsie, as well, even though their misbehavior is only natural, a result of their houseguests' ingratitude who put on airs from the very moment they arrive. Nanny McPhee(Emma Thompson) is magic; she casts a spell on her charges by striking her walking stick on the ground as a means of discipline, when what she really ought to do is reprimand the pint-sized urbanites for being such ungrateful little snots. But no, the nanny arbitrates arbitrarily, punishing both the poor and rich alike, without ever considering the factors of the situation. Under the thrall of McPhee's invocation, Norman turns into a vandal, and watches helplessly as the nanny nearly turns his father's warfront dispatches into ash. As it turns out, the rich have their own issues to deal with, and in the Gray children's case, they have a stereotypically British military father(stiff upper lip and the whole nine yards) who seems, literally, cold-blooded, when the moviegoer sees him handle Cyril's request. (Ralph Fiennes would be right at home in Alan Parker's "Pink Floyd: The Wall".) Now the moviegoer sympathizes with the boy and girl, just like the nanny, who helps Mrs. Green because she's not one of the common people, after all. With each good deed, the nanny grows more and more beautiful, until she looks, well, just like Emma Thompson, a lady.… Expand

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SusanoSep 24, 2010

Several decent moments, but in many aspects this is a average film at best, with a uninspired and badly plotted story, and often feels like a Frankenstein's monster of bits and bobs that don't fit well together. Sub par performances, a dullSeveral decent moments, but in many aspects this is a average film at best, with a uninspired and badly plotted story, and often feels like a Frankenstein's monster of bits and bobs that don't fit well together. Sub par performances, a dull plot and a poorly thought out film in general. Deeply average.… Expand

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kylerawksAug 1, 2013

This movie is just another terrible movie filled with stupid misbehaved British kids. This one is just as bad as the first. Nannys suck. Never see this movie ever.

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Joshua_JamaarAug 21, 2010

If you like British cliches then you'll in for a real treat with this latest installment of the ugly Nanny McPhee. If you're not into Britiish cliches about a nanny who could put up with snobby, middle class children then your be bestIf you like British cliches then you'll in for a real treat with this latest installment of the ugly Nanny McPhee. If you're not into Britiish cliches about a nanny who could put up with snobby, middle class children then your be best skipping this one by a long shot.… Expand

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MovieLonely94Oct 31, 2010

not our favorite family movie, but Emma Thompson's charm as the title character was good and the acting was decent.

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MichaelDFeb 26, 2011

It's entertaining enough. That's pretty much all I have to say about this movie.

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EpicLadySpongeMay 11, 2016

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, they released it as Nanny McPhee Returns in the US and Canada, prepares to enter glory fun, but overloads it so the fun can be this annoying and boring.

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amheretojudgeDec 11, 2018

Probably, Nanny McPhee Returns because we don't need her but then also we don't even want her.

Nanny McPhee Returns White's babysitting is less caring and more parodical than the previous ones. From the concept to the frame by frameProbably, Nanny McPhee Returns because we don't need her but then also we don't even want her.

Nanny McPhee Returns

White's babysitting is less caring and more parodical than the previous ones. From the concept to the frame by frame screenplay, each scene of this sequel is extracted from the original one, on terms of creativity it is a big joke and unfortunately it is not even funny. And the new elements that are theirs, is actually weaved out from the first one and is spoofed by the makers whose agenda for people pleasing theory is to draw as much as laughter as you can. What was considered magical in its first installment, in here it is converted in a big powerful wand that defies logic and sense.

Wherever and whenever the writers were cornered by themselves in their self created situation, they either laugh their way out of it or use magic to get out of it. The undercooked characters feeding themselves on over chewed emotions pretty much gives away the integrity of this wholesome family melodrama in its initial stages. But despite of all these cons, it is still supremely watchable as a family popcorn time and the reason is the obvious silliness that is pointed out in here. Surprisingly, the antagonist Ifans is flat out hilarious along with Smith whose comic timing is bang on your bucks.

Unfortunately Thompson as McPhee- small "c", capital "P" -is enjoying too much of herself to breed the sincerity out of her role. Gyllenhaal, as always, holds onto her role tightly is the surprise package that stays true to her role thoroughly. One of the best bits of the film is Fiennes in his strict ironed army suit that elevates the momentum of the drama for a brief period. Probably, Nanny McPhee Returns because we don't need her but then also we don't even want her.… Expand

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FilipeNetoJan 14, 2020

A meritorious continuation.

This fantasy movie is an expected sequel as the initial movie was a box office hit. It happens decades after the events of the first film (although the connection between them is discreet) and brings more of it: aA meritorious continuation.

This fantasy movie is an expected sequel as the initial movie was a box office hit. It happens decades after the events of the first film (although the connection between them is discreet) and brings more of it: a mother whose husband went to war and who needs to unfold between work, her farm care and education the children she has at home, and the two spoiled brats from the city with whom they will soon quarrel.

In fact, here, the movie sins because it can't bring anything truly new or different from the previous one. What saves the movie is the fact that it is fun and has truly hilarious moments, like synchronized piglet swimming. It all happens in the middle of World War II, but it is too light a film to make it truly feel in the plot. The war only becomes palpable in the middle of the movie, a turnaround that, after all, was more or less expected.

Again, it is the children who are given the whole stage when it comes to making the audience laugh. They match entirely and are excellent. The direction of the film is once again in the hands of Emma Thompson, who continues to secure the lead role and the script's authorship, ensuring that this film can match its predecessor. Maggie Gyllenhaal is beautiful and captivates our sympathy, Rhys Ifans is quite entertaining and a bit stupid when trying to be a villain, opposite Sinead Matthews and Katy Brand very well. Ralph Fiennes and Ewan McGregor make brief welcome appearances and Maggie Smith, side by side with veteran Sam Kelly, is impeccable, as always.

Technically, the film still bets heavily on CGI and visual and sound effects, which is normal, but I felt that there was more restraint in its use. The sets and costumes are also better and more realistic, and that troublesome eye strain caused by too much color, so evident in the first film, was corrected.

In short, this movie is an excellent continuation of the first movie. But unless they decide to present something different in a hypothetical third movie, I think the revenue presented so far runs out of this movie.… Expand

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sebastianaliDec 27, 2019

Bueno, que puedo decir de esta película? Puedo decir que me gusto, que la recomiendo, y que esta algo infravalorada. Es innegable que tiene personajes algo interesantes y que la película tenia bastante potencial. Aunque este potencial seBueno, que puedo decir de esta película? Puedo decir que me gusto, que la recomiendo, y que esta algo infravalorada. Es innegable que tiene personajes algo interesantes y que la película tenia bastante potencial. Aunque este potencial se hecha a perder por la comedia que intenta transmitir. Me gusto mucho la actuación de Emma Thompson en la película y tranquilamente puedo decir que es el mejor personaje por lejos en la misma, sin embargo, como ya dije antes, siento que esta película tiene mucho potencial que tira abajo por abarcar ese humor que se termina elevando bastante al final de la película donde tienen que desactivar la bomba y parece que los creadores no se lo tomaron muy en serio. Si hubiera sido mas seria hubieran tenido taquillazo. Aun así, Nanny McPhee es una gran película que pudo haber sido mejor. Nunca me olvidare de la gran nana, ya que es bastante carismática, tranquilamente podría ir en un top 20 el personaje.… Expand

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