But Nanny and the kids always defeat him, sometimes with the help of the baby elephant. Plus Nanny's burp-prone pet crow, who's temporarily out of favor but redeems himself in a bomb-defusing ...

"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, ...

Movies 'Nanny McPhee Returns' serves summer movie fun for children and adults. Published: Aug. 20, 2010, 10:23 a.m. Aug. 20, 2010, 10:23 a.m.

Enter Nanny McPhee — “small c, big P,” she reminds everyone — whose origins are vague, to say the least. She claims she is deployed by the British Army.

I don't care how good a kids' film is (and this one isn't that good), Maggie Smith deserves better. Having her doddering old Mrs. Docherty mistake a pile of cow shit for a comfy and plop down onto ...

One might call “Nanny McPhee,” the “Mary Poppins” of the new century. But there’s nothing particularly modern about it, save the close-honing cinematography and vibrant color … , Oh, and how it ...

In Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, ... Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest ...

Here’s a movie intended for the youngest of audiences that’s full of many pleasant surprises. NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS is a sequel to 2005’s NANNY NCPHEE. I didn’t see the original, so I came in with a ...

The second time is the charm with Nanny McPhee Returns, a sequel that improves on the original 2005 Nanny McPhee by more than a nose — even if it’s the bulbous nose of Nanny McPhee herself ...

Following the box office bonanza created by the original Nanny McPhee, the enchanted childminder returns to knock into shape another brood of brats. For a kids' film that really wasn't all that ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Five years after her movie debut -- not so long a passage to have been forgotten and enough time to be fondly remembered -- "Nanny McPhee Returns." This marks a ...