| First Look: Nanny McPhee
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Family Comedy
Country: United States
Director: Kirk Jones
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Cast: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly
Macdonald, Thomas Sangster
Synopsis:
Emma Thompson, whose first screenplay won the 1995 Oscar® for Sense
and Sensibility, returns to screenwriting with Nanny McPhee, a motion
picture adaptation of the "Nurse Matilda" books by Christianna
Brand. Thompson, the only person to have won Oscars® for both acting
and writing, also plays the title role in Nanny McPhee, opposite Colin
Firth, Kelly Macdonald and-in her first role for the big screen in two
decades-Angela Lansbury.
In this dark and witty fable, Thompson portrays a person of unsettling
appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently
widowed Mr. Brown (Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved
children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon (Love Actually's Thomas
Sangster), have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies and are certain
that they will have no trouble with this one. But as Nanny McPhee takes
control, they begin to notice that their vile behavior now leads swiftly
and magically to rather startling consequences.
Her influence also extends to the family's deeper problems, including
Mr. Brown's sudden and seemingly inexplicable attempts to find a new wife;
an announcement by the domineering Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) that
she intends to take one of the children away; and the sad and secret longings
of their scullery maid, Evangeline (Kelly Macdonald). As the children's
behavior begins to change, Nanny McPhee's arresting face and frame appear
to change as well, creating even more questions about this mysterious
stranger whom the children and their father have come to love.
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