It`s a great fairy tale for children, which makes us
believe in magic and offers us to take a part in a short journey into the life of a large
family, which also lacked a bit of magic...
The owner of funeral Mr. Brown is a widower and a
having many children… oh, well, a having very many children father. Seven
restless unruly offsprings are always driving him crazy by ugly hooligan pranks. And I must say, they cope with it quite well – a demoralized father,
himself almost a child, looks like mad, thinks bad, and during attacks of
melancholy talking to an empty chair.
Also there are female servants in the story. The maid
Evangeline and the cook Blezervik get a lot more from little devils. They resist desperately, but two people cannot resist to a gang of little varmints.
After all, none of the seventeen nannies, who were hired by Mr. Brown, didn`t
deal with them. And no one else wants to work for Browns. But, one day in the late
evening ...
Late one evening, a new nanny knocked on the door -
Nanny McPhee: ugly, with an ugly protruding tooth, warts and a big nose,
leaning on the curve (and of course, magic) stick. She would look quite
repulsive if not a wise, insightful and thoughtful look. With her appearance
there is everything has changed in the house. But the children are very
unhappy. Now, any their prank harms to themselves.
«When you need me, but do not want me, then I must
stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go». This Nanny
McPhee`s main phrase causes a children protest: Never! Never such ugly,
breaking their fun and uncontrolled freedom, she would be desirable.
And of course, they're wrong.
Nanny McPhee says her aim is to teach the children
five lessons. They are to say "Thank you" and "Please", go
to to bed and to get up when them told and to listen to others attentively.
During learning these lessons, the children will have to grow up very quickly -
they will realize that their family, its unity, is very important for them, but
that it is in a very precarious position. The father is deep in debt, and they
can be sent to an asylum, if they cannot cope with their selfishness and accept
what they fear the most - the evil stepmother. At the same time as they get rid
of their inner ugliness, the Nanny is changing in appearance and turning from a
witch into a fairy. Because, only overcoming the evil in yourself, you can see
the true beauty.
