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Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD (cg) "This time she's teaching the Greens to coexist with their spoiled visiting relatives... The effects are cute..." (Read the full review...) 143 words, 08/19/10 Jake Coyle, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...one can quibble only so much with a family friendly film that so brightly preaches those not-exactly-hip tenets of country living and manners." (Read the full review...) 780 words, 08/19/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: VERY GOOD (cg) "The charming family film is best when the magic prevails: Piglets do synchronized swimming and naughty children spank themselves!" (Read the full review...) 50 words, 08/19/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD (cg) "Kid viewers will have fun with the references to barnyard poo, poo of all sorts, poo to reckon with." (Read the full review...) 107 words, 08/13/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...entertaining... the kind of unruly mess you can't imagine the indomitable 'Nanny McPhee' tolerating." (Read the full review...) 544 words, 08/20/10
Mike Hale, New York Times: MODERATE "...forsakes the menacing air and psychedelic color scheme of the original for a broader comic tone and a sunny, gold-flecked palette." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 08/20/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR (cg) "...this dour, hyperactive family film is joyless, overly busy and starchy. Worse, it pats itself on the back for doling out the most minimal of morals." (Read the full review...) 441 words, 08/20/10 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...tells a slightly different story but uses the same blend of broad comedy, respectful moralizing and special effects that made the first film a success.... It's a fairy tale in the best tradition." (Read the full review...) 406 words, 08/20/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...an overlong and overproduced sequel to the dimly recalled 2005 family flick written by and starring Emma Thompson as the poor kid's Mary Poppins..." (Read the full review...) 332 words, 08/20/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: MODERATE (cg) "...more pushy than charming... shrill, laden with routine computer-generated effects and pounded into dust by James Newton Howard's shut-up-already musical score." (Read the full review...) 536 words, 08/20/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "A near copy of the original, but still a funny and charming family film." (Read the full review...) 313 words, 08/20/10 Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...just the ticket to a totally enjoyable fantasy romp." (Read the full review...) 519 words, 08/20/10 Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "Thompson's intimidating caregiver is a charmless snooze.... merely a compendium of photocopied elements, cartoonish special effects, and easy-bake happily-ever-afters." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 08/18/10 Bruce DeMara, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg) "...sure to delight kids but grown-up enough to delight, well, grown ups." (Read the full review...) 379 words, 08/20/10 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "Kids should revel in the warts, choreographed pigs and animal poo. Their parents will endure these things stoically and occasionally chuckle, which seems the traditional English thing to do." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 08/20/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "It's essentially the same 'Nanny McPhee' movie all over again.... may be disposable entertainment, but it's still entertaining." (Read the full review...) 342 words, 08/20/10
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "It can take a miracle to create a movie that's fun for kids and their parents.... there's plenty in 'Nanny McPhee Returns' to keep everyone entertained for the surprisingly fleeting 108 minutes." (Read the full review...) 455 words, 08/20/10 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...strikes a nice balance between slapstick and earned sentimentality. The movie warms the heart without using schmaltz to fuel its fire.... the actors are a joy..." (Read the full review...) 410 words, 08/20/10 Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "The original 'Nanny McPhee' may have been a slightly better movie in most of its particulars, but the sequel can put tears in your eyes, and that's no small thing." (Read the full review...) 659 words, 08/20/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD (cg) "Sweet, sentimental, silly and star-studded... one of the best children's movies of the year, a fairytale stressed-out parents won't mind sharing with their little darlings." (Read the full review...) 561 words, 08/20/10 Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Thanks to star Emma Thompson's smart, appealing script, the mysterious baby sitter with the grotesque face and no-nonsense ways once again delivers a welcome antidote to Disneyfied heroines." (Read the full review...) 311 words, 08/20/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) "...old-school without seeming old-fashioned, a familiar tale of lessons learned (it is a sequel, after all) made unapologetically for children and all the better for it." (Read the full review...) 541 words, 08/20/10 Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: EXCELLENT (cg) "...has charm, magic and Emma Thompson - and that's more than you can say about a lot of family films." (Read the full review...) 618 words, 08/20/10 Tom Russo, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "...disappointing... we get a gentler, more wink-inclined Nanny McPhee, not to mention kids whose rambunctiousness seems manufactured rather than entertainingly exaggerated." (Read the full review...) 541 words, 08/20/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "She's no scene-stealing Mary Poppins, but very much a background figure, quietly using magic to help the children realize what's right.... May Nanny McPhee return again, very soon." (Read the full review...) 401 words, 08/20/10 Charles Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a delightful family movie, filled with frolicking farm animals, flying motorcycles and life lessons worth remembering." (Read the full review...) 234 words, 08/20/10 Adam Graham, Detroit News: MODERATE (cg) "The presence of Thompson lends 'Nanny McPhee Returns' a pedigree it ultimately doesn't live up to." (Read the full review...) 295 words, 08/20/10
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "Thompson's intimidating caregiver is a charmless snooze.... merely a compendium of photocopied elements, cartoonish special effects, and easy-bake happily-ever-afters." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 08/18/10 Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "At least the A-list cast and crisp direction by TV vet Susanna White lift the film out of the dung heap." (Read the full review...) 149 words, 08/26/10 Scott Tobias, AV Club: WEAK (cg) "...built on a bedrock of poo jokes, hairy moles, and gooey substances that stick to characters' shoes." (Read the full review...) 357 words, 08/19/10 Joe Utichi, Cinematical: MODERATE "...it'll just about keep parents entertained as well as kids, and even in a family marketplace as saturated as this, that's a rare bit of magic." (Read the full review...) 722 words, 08/20/10 Simon Abrams, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...too self-conscious to ever take off.... jokes are so strained and eager to please that they fail to earn more than a scanty chuckle here and there..." (Read the full review...) 755 words, 08/19/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "It's essentially the same 'Nanny McPhee' movie all over again.... may be disposable entertainment, but it's still entertaining." (Read the full review...) 342 words, 08/20/10 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: WEAK (cg) "Flatulence drowns out the life lessons in unwelcome sequel to charming original.... the film's shrill tone, tedious overacting and cheap, gouge-your-eyes-out CGI effects lack any magic whatsoever." (Read the full review...) 594 words, 08/20/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: EXCELLENT (cg) "...more for the kiddies... But it's hardly a chore to sit through as an adult, either. The brighter, lighter silliness of this sequel may be kindergarten comedy, but it doesn't overwhelm the more pertinent points about learning to be generous, cooperative, and kind..." (Read the full review...) 701 words, 08/19/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...the plot is merely a pretext for such specially labored effects as a burping crow and synchro-swimming piglets. The ham-handed director was Susanna White, who intercuts compulsively, whether or not anything is happening." (Read the full review...) 264 words, 08/20/10 Mike Hale, New York Times: MODERATE "...forsakes the menacing air and psychedelic color scheme of the original for a broader comic tone and a sunny, gold-flecked palette." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 08/20/10 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...tells a slightly different story but uses the same blend of broad comedy, respectful moralizing and special effects that made the first film a success.... It's a fairy tale in the best tradition." (Read the full review...) 406 words, 08/20/10
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...a welcome reappearance for children and a fanciful wish fulfillment for harried parents who can only yearn for such a child minder." (Read the full review...) 936 words, 08/19/10 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...tells a slightly different story but uses the same blend of broad comedy, respectful moralizing and special effects that made the first film a success.... It's a fairy tale in the best tradition." (Read the full review...) 406 words, 08/20/10 Mike Hale, New York Times: MODERATE "...forsakes the menacing air and psychedelic color scheme of the original for a broader comic tone and a sunny, gold-flecked palette." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 08/20/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...the plot is merely a pretext for such specially labored effects as a burping crow and synchro-swimming piglets. The ham-handed director was Susanna White, who intercuts compulsively, whether or not anything is happening." (Read the full review...) 264 words, 08/20/10
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