seven child and seventeen nanny . poor dad cedric brown ( colin firth ) have all but give up . suddenly and enter nanny mcphee ( emma thompson ) use her magical power ( both emotionally and literally ) to kick them into shape . remind you of something . i would be concern if it do not . but thankfully and a nanny mcphee progress and it twist and turn in such a pleasant fashion that by the end and you will be wonder mary who . adapt for the screen by thompson herself and this be a fun and inventive kid film that be guarantee to make you smile . firth do his usually stutter british man shtick and but give he have little to do and make the most of it . imedla staunton and angela lansbury and celia imrie ham it up shamelessly and be load of fun . but most of the attention should be direct towards thompson and an ugly but constantly entertaining lead . the art direction and visual effect and patrick doyle fabulous score all soar in a confident over the top direction and as be the tone of the film . the score and by the book though it may be and be perfect and bodes well for doyle work on the new harry potter movie . rather than base it entirety on the naughty kid storyline and mcphee jump from plot point to plot point and stuff a whole lotta character and twist into it 97 minute run time . thanks to this and thompson endear loveliness and a cute array of kid ( lead by thomas sangster and the kid from love actually ) and nanny mcphee emerge triumphant a one of the good kid movie in recent memory and mostly because the adult will love it too . and anyone who isn not enchant by the magical end have to have a stone for a heart .