This movies starts and develops at first almost like an awkward and pale remake of THE SOUND OF MUSIC (minus the music and plus the magic an a few more farcical than funny gags). After a mediocre and not very original development with a few not very funny gags the last scenes save the movie from a negative mark. In fact we begin to see a few funnier gags (namely the cream tart battle scenes at the wedding ceremony) and some scenes of poetical and romantic meaning. Emma Thompson makes a more or less good character as the Nanny and her surprising transformation along the movie till the final outcome is very meaningful even in the general context of the story. This movie begins as mediocre and ends up as passable after all.
Review of Nanny McPhee
