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Nanny McPhee
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
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Common Sense says
Charming adaption of kids' books. Good family fun.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Nanny McPhee
Parents need to know that this movie opens on a family of seven children who take pride in harassing and scaring nannies hired by their father. The kids are abusive in Home Alone-ish ways, pulling violent and sometimes disgusting pranks on adults who are supposed to look after them. Their efforts to thwart their father's marriage to a tarty (and cleavage-revealing) widow include the use of reptiles, insects, and slimy substances. The instructive nanny looks like a traditional witch, arrives on a stormy night, and uses a magical cane. Some kids may be disturbed by the death of the children's mother (not shown). The father works in a mortuary, and we see shots of dead bodies.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the children's evolving attitude toward their father: how do they come to see themselves supporting him rather than challenging all adults all the time? How does Nanny McPhee's specific sort of magic allow her subjects to figure out their own problems? And how does the father's bumbling lead to the children's taking more responsibility, for each other and him?
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This is great family movie for everyone to see. But it can get alittle boring.
- Lives in NebraskaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i lost six brian cells watching this!
- Lives in PennsylvaniaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Good movie but not the beast ever
I liked this movie. But ive seen better I was a littel freacked out by all the daed peaple in the guys office
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