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Nanny McPhee is a 2005 British fantasy and children's film directed by Kirk Jones and written by Emma Thompson, based on Nurse Matilda. Produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for StudioCanal, Working Title Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it stars Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, and Patrick Barlow, with cinematography by Henry Braham and a score by Patrick Doyle. It is set in England and was filmed at Pinewood Studios.
The film runs 97 minutes, was distributed by Universal Pictures, and was followed by Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. It had a budget of 25,000,000 and a revenue of 123,276,807.
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6.7Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
Cast
- Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee
- Colin Firth as Mr. Brown
- Kelly Macdonald as Evangeline
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Simon
- Eliza Bennett as Tora
- Jennifer Rae Daykin as Lily
Themes
- loss of loved one
- nanny
- education
- family relationships
- widower
- single father
- wizard
- 19th century
- based on young adult novel
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
90,583 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kirk Jones
- Screenplay by
- Emma Thompson
- Story by
- Christianna Brand
- Based on
- Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand
- Produced by
- Lindsay Doran Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
- Starring
- Emma Thompson Colin Firth Kelly Macdonald Derek Jacobi Celia Imrie Patrick Barlow Imelda Staunton Thomas Brodie-Sangster Angela Lansbury
- Cinematography
- Henry Braham
- Edited by
- Justin Krish Nick Moore
- Music by
- Patrick Doyle
- Production companies
- StudioCanal Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Working Title Films Three Strange Angels Nanny McPhee Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (United States; International through United International Pictures ), Mars Distribution (France)
- Release dates
- 21 October 2005 ( 2005-10-21 ) (United Kingdom) 27 January 2006 ( 2006-01-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States, France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $123.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- children's film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
- Based on
- Nurse Matilda
- Director
- Kirk Jones
- Cast member
- Elizabeth Berrington
- Composer
- Patrick Doyle
- Producer
- Tim Bevan
- Production company
- Working Title Films
- Cinematographer
- Henry Braham
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 730149
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.nannymcphee.com
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 2006-02-02
- title
- Nanny McPhee
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- nanny
- review score
- 59/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Nanny McPhee is a 2005 comedy drama fantasy film directed by Kirk Jones, based on the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand. Set in Victorian England in the 1860s, it stars Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) as Nanny McPhee, along with Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Patrick Barlow, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster and Angela Lansbury.
It was co-produced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions with music by Patrick Doyle, and produced by Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nanny McPhee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.