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Directed by | Susanna White |
Produced by |
Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Lindsay Doran |
Screenplay by | Emma Thompson |
Based on |
Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand |
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Music by | James Newton Howard |
Cinematography | Mike Eley |
Edited by | Sim Evan-Jones |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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109 minutes |
Country | UK France USA |
Language | English |
Budget | $35 million |
Box office | $93,251,121 |
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee. It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Ewan McGregor, Asa Butterfield and Dame Maggie Smith. The film was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures.
The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $93,251,121 on a $35 million budget. It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010.
On a farm during World War II, while her husband is away at war, Isabel Green is driven to her wits end by her hectic life. Between trying to keep the family farm up and running and her job in the village shop, run by the slightly mad Mrs. Docherty, she also has three boisterous children to look after, Norman, Megsie, and Vincent. When her children's two wealthy cousins, Cyril and Celia, also then come to live with them, Isabel requires childcare help.