I love this movie. It has a really good ending and the message is awesome. The only concern is a few occasional curses, but only few throughout the whole movie. Really cool!
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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.
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.
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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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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
Fun Movie with Good Ending and Message!
- I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give it
great film
great film
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
8 AND UP
Great movie... very naughty children learn how to behave well... and a nice warm story with soft ups and downs and lots of funny moments... no drinking no smoking... i don't remember any rude language... about sexuality well, there's a scene when the kids put an insect on a women's hair (she's willing to marry their dad) he throws himself at her and the girl says not so fast... its repeated i guess another time with the tea... and when he proposes to marry her the woman says to the children daddy needs to have some time with ur new mother and she closes the door... these things are not to worry about could be explained differently to children it could be explained like he looked like he attacked her and ruined everything and she did close the door so that she wanted to talk privately to their father... my sister was 9 years old when she watched it and she didn't notice a thing at all... its funny and a cool movie for kids this age they'll like it + its highly educative.. and i remember there's a kiss at the end when they get married :) ENJOY THE MOVIE
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Spoiled by crude innuendo!
I was shocked by the 'crude suggestions' and innuendo which the film contained! I think it completely spoiled an otherwise innocent and fun story. I can't believe I'm the only person to object to it. I have never enjoyed crude 'carry-on film' type humour, I dont' think it's appropriate for children and this is where I find fault with Nanny McPhee.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
ok
This is great family movie for everyone to see. But it can get alittle boring.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i lost six brian cells watching this!
- I 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
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
it is a good movie for all ages!!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I loved it!
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Would definitely watch this one again!
I enjoyed this very much. I'm sorry to say that it didn't keep the attention of my children (ages 8, 5 and 4) very well. My 8 year old actually thought it was a little boring. It was also pretty easy to figure out the ending, but how they got to that ending was a little surprising. I especially like how Nanny McPhee didn't solve everything for them but allowed them to work out some of their own solutions. Also, how she told them they must be willing to accept consequences of their actions. Very, nice movie. I loved it!
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Loved it!!!
My husband and I were in London in October whent this film was released there - we wish we'd have seen it then but instead had to wait until it was released here in the states several months later! We love this movie and I think Emma Thompson is wonderful (as usual) as are the children and all the rest of the supporting cast! I highly recommend it!
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
incredibly disappointing
I found this to be the most boring children's movie I've seen in ages. My 5 year old was bored too--after 10 minutes she started playing a game and never got into it. I'm just glad I rented it and didn't pay to see this in the theatre. The new Mary Poppins? HARDLY!!! My daughter and I are sticking with the original.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Loved it!
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
This movie could have been better!
I was very dissapointed in this movie. They could have done a much better job developing the charcters and had a much stronger movie. I did not enjoy this movie. Kids thought it was ok.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
I want to watch it again!
If you are expecting Mary Poppins, you will be very pleasantly disappointed! It's a heartwarming, funny, somewhat sad tale with what you think might be a predictable ending...or is it??? 2 Thumbs Up here!!
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
i laughed
This was a sweet movie my kids loved it.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I LOVED it!
this was an amazing movie. it was sweet, happy, funny, and it wass great. i thought it would be bad but it was amazing!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Nanny McGREAT!!!
This was a wonderful exciting movie. It was a little bit to much with the sexual encounterment in the tea scence, but it was a wonderful movie. I would not recomend it for boys though. It is more of a older kids movie because it has some crude jokes.!
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| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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