Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Widower 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.
- loss of loved one
- nanny
- education
- family relationships
- widower
- single father
- wizard
- 19th century
- based on young adult novel
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Eliza Bennett — Tora
- Jennifer Rae Daykin — Lily
- Raphaël Coleman — Eric
- Samuel Honywood — Sebastian
- Holly Gibbs — Christianna
- Hebe Barnes — Baby Agatha
- Zinnia Barnes — Baby Agatha
- Angela Lansbury — Aunt Adelaide
- Celia Imrie — Mrs. Quickly
- Imelda Staunton — Mrs. Blatherwick
- Elizabeth Berrington — Letita
- Directed
- Kirk Jones
- Written
- Emma Thompson
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 3,273 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Three Strange Angels, Nanny McPhee Productions, Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
