“Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang” is the sequel to the 2005 film “Nanny McPhee”. Emma Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith. The film is about Nanny McPhee (Thompson) arrives to help a harried young mother (Gyllenhaal) who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman’s children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
Fans of Pink Floyd that the film has added a visual nod to the band’s “Animals” album cover during the scenes set in war-time London. As Nanny McPhee speeds past Battersea Power Station on her motorbike, among the barrage balloons in the sky is one that is distinctly pig-shaped. When the director was asked about this he said “You are right!” “I hid various pigs throughout the film. I am a Pink Floyd fan…”
The film was released today (March 26th) in the UK and in the US on August 10, 2010
