Nanny Mcphee & The Big Bang

Release date: 26 March 2010

Running time: 109 mins

Director: Susanna White

Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith

Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least!

Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) appears at the door of Mrs Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons. Based on the 'Nurse Matilda' books by Christianna Brand, this in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

Screenplay: Emma Thompson

Distributor: Universal

You should see it because: As writer, star and executive producer, the Nanny McPhee films are a labour of love for the multi-talented Emma Thompson.

See it if you liked: Five Children and It (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Secret Of Moonacre (2008)