Very derivative. I don't think they're ever going to be able to do a magical nanny movie without it looking like a ripoff of Mary Poppins.
What was the point of her getting prettier as the children "learned their lessons?"
"I thought you were the man with the big cigar. What are you packin'- a tip a willow?"
Its a fairytail dude. Whats the point of Mary Popins being able to fly? She just can.
shareI was glad that it WASN'T like Mary Poppins. Nanny McPhee didn't make everything fun and 'good' like Mary Poppins. She taught more meaningful lessons.
shareIts on ITV 1 right now but just cannot get into this.
I gave it a 2.
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you obviously did not understand the movie. i would suggest watching it again and if you don't get the magic of this beautiful fairytale it would appear you're just stupid.
shareTo answer your question about the nanny's looks, there are two possible explanations:
1.) Nanny McPhee is a personification of the family's situation. The father and the children don't see each other, the children are all naughty and uncared for, and everything's a mess. As the children start to behave and the family is "cleaned up", Nanny McPhee starts to become prettier to reflect this. This is supported by the fact that she gains one attractive feature (or loses an unattractive one) after each lesson is learned and becomes fully beautiful at the end of the film, when the family has finally reached a happy ending.
2.) Nanny McPhee's appearance reflects how the children see nannies in general. The children obviously dislike all of their nannies, probably because they see them as a means for their father to avoid being with them. So it makes sense that they see Nanny McPhee as ugly when she first appears. This is supported by the fact that Nanny McPhee begans to turn pretty as the children grow to respect her (after each of the lessons) and finally turns beautiful when they fully trust and understand her.
Finally, just so you know this movie was based off of a series called the "Nurse Mathilda" books. And although I've never read the books myself (apparently they're hard to find now), from what I've gathered the plot for Nanny McPhee was actually made a bit deeper than the books (for example, in the books the kids seem to be naughty for no reason. Here you get a feel about why they act the way they do).
This is actually based off of the Nanny Matilda books. It isn't at all in reference to Mary Poppins, although they say they wanted to give it that kind of air in the movie.
Read the other posts about her getting prettier to answer that question.