Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Noisy, as its title might suggest, but good, muck-splattered fun. Plus Icon Film ... (“to stop fighting,” “to share nicely” and so on), ...

Mrs. Green’s husband, played by the briefly seen Ewan McGregor, is off fighting the war. The government, asserts McPhee, has sent her (and her flatulent crow) to stop the kids from battling ...

It seems the dreaded Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury), who provides money for this home, will stop the flow of cash if he doesn't. Nanny McPhee begins her five-point plan to set those barbarians ...

But what of Nanny McPhee? She dresses in black and exploits necromancy as a disciplinary tool, so that makes her a magical nanny — though Mary Poppins never threatened to boil an infant girl ...

The good news first: Nanny McPhee Returns, the follow-up to the moderately successful 2005 family comedy Nanny McPhee, does not replicate the original’s retina-searing color scheme, which was ...

The Nanny McPhee movies may be principally for kids, but make no mistake about it: They are, quite literally, a parent's dream.Overwhelmed single parents with unruly kids are rescued by a magical ...

Cyril’s fighting words lead to much destruction of bric-a-brac and threaten to impinge on Gyllenhaal’s luminous glow. (The actress, who affects a nice, Thompson-like British accent, has never ...

There's a special place in Emma Thompson's heart for Nanny McPhee, the stern snaggle-toothed matriarch she's now portrayed in two kids' fantasy films. The beloved Brit actress chose to return to ...

“Nanny McPhee Returns” is the sequel to 2005’s “Nanny McPhee.” ... (Maggie Gyllenhaal, with British accent in tow), a mother of three and wife to a farmer off fighting in World War II.

"Nanny McPhee Returns," a charming family film written by Emma Thompson (who also plays the nanny) and directed by Susanna White, takes us to World War II-era England, perhaps half a century later ...

Emma Thompson’s magical nanny helps a wartime family in a whimsical sequel that is actually better than the original. Isabel Green is doing the best she can. Her husband is off fighting in the ...

The new “McPhee,” directed by Susanna White, tells a slightly different story but uses the same blend of broad comedy, respectful moralizing and special effects that made the first film a success.