Who's Your Nanny?

(Movie Review By: Maggie Noakes)

“Nanny McPhee” is a classic movie about a large family with mischievous children, chosen due to its promising features which did disappoint to an extent in more than one way. Unfortunately, it was a short movie that did not leave too much to review, but had an interesting concept. The movie had a fun story-telling atmosphere about it, with narration at the beginning, however, the farther into the movie, the more it began to lose traction. It started out fun and played to the theme of the children’s behavior, but moved toward hidden jokes and began to, like many movies, revolve around romance; so once more we deal with that issue.

Moving on, there was not much time for character development, but the different personalities were made quite clear. I do feel like the producers could have made a prequel to give some backstory on all the different contributing people. Unfortunately, it was a short movie that did not leave too much to review, but had an interesting concept.

All though the movie did mainly focus on two people getting married, the journey to that point was an excitable story to tell children as a bedtime tale. One thing was awkward though, and that was the apparent age gap between certain actors such as the servant girl, Evangaline, and the father of the troublesome children who indeed looked old enough to also be the father of Evangaline.

There’s nothing better than a little magic to make the story more interesting. Nanny McPhee’s walking stick had the power to make certain things happen in order to get the children to do as they were told, however, when it came to the children affecting the lives of others, the Nanny was unable to interfere as long as the young ones were willing to accept the consequences, good or bad, this was a fun way to teach planning ahead.

Much like other movies, there is a strict plot line which can become a bore, unless of course, you are the producer of “Nanny McPhee.” Though there was still a plot to stick to, there were also some curve balls thrown at the audience, making the show more entertaining.

Some aspects that added to the story include the wildly colored house of the main family and the loud clothing and personality of one of the characters, Mrs. Quickly. Like most online entertainment, it was rather cliche but still a fun and playful story, recommended for a family movie night that will keep the kids laughing and the parents searching and chuckling at some of the hidden jokes.