This is a really fun and playful and naughty movie. It is unfairly compared to Mary Poppins. The only similarity is that a nanny comes to help restore peace and balance in a household of unruly kids. The kids in Nanny McPhee are very naughty. They torture their nannies and are very spoiled as well. They are clever and work together to get rid of nannies so that their father will spend more time with them. They are afraid he will marry again and that their step-mother will be evil; just like all of the fairy tale step-mothers. There are some ridiculous monty-phython style characters, including an overly horrible aunt. The sounds effects create a scary feeling at times, but the movie is fun and my 6 and 9 year olds (who are both sensitive to violence and meanness) laughed out loud. I enjoyed the movie as much as my kids.

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

Great film my 7 year old and 12 year old loved it

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.

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!

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 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.

This was a sweet movie my kids loved it.

Nanny McPhee is wonderfully refreshing. I loved it and so did my 13 year old daughter. There was even applause at the end. I thought Nanny McPhee's appearance reflected the ugliness and the beauty in those around her. Outstanding...definitely a good one to take children to see. They will see the good and the bad and which is the better for it.