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Directed by Kirk Jones Universal Pictures 2 stars For those of us who grew up whistling “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” Emma Thompson’s new children’s film, “Nanny McPhee,” falls far short of the magic of 1964’s “Mary Poppins.” With warts, a prosthetic nose, and one large bucktooth, the usually classy Thompson plays the title governess in this latest bit of family treacle. Directed by Kirk Jones (“Waking Ned Devine”), the movie begins...
Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson, 46, trades corsets and curls for padding and a monobrow in her new film about an ugly but magical child minder, Nanny McPhee. Over tea, the Briton tells TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan why Mary Poppins got it wrong, why becoming a parent at age 40 requires a bit of extra effort and why she stores her Oscars...
...MORAL OF NANNY MCPHEE SEEMS TO BE THAT CHILDREN CAN HANDLE HONESTY FROM ADULTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU BELIEVE? They're miles more O.K. with the sort of rigors, tragedy and innate chaos of life than we are. This understanding of chaos is something we lose as we get older. It's a shame, because it makes us much more rigid...
MARY POPPINS WAS PRETTY, AND SHE SANG. WHAT HAS NANNY MCPHEE GOT ON THAT? She has a magic stick. She makes space. She's the opposite of Mary Poppins, who turns up and shows off and starts pulling things out of her carpetbag. This movie is a western. There is a situation of chaos. Then a stranger rides in and--using unorthodox methods--sorts out the situation, restores balance and then has to leave. People say, "Is it like Mary Poppins?" Actually, it's like Shane...
...Kitsch Archie McPhee www.mcphee.com Seattle-based shop hawking all sorts of odd and wonderful things, like Bacon Strips Bandages (see Hygiene, under Lifestyle), Pink Lawn Whirlygigs (Lawn & Garden), Jesus, Beethoven and Edgar Allen Poe action figures (Amusements) and much, much more. Other product categories include Pirate, Hula, Voodoo and Elvis...