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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of 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 discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

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Top billed cast

Emma ThompsonNanny McPhee
Asa ButterfieldNorman Green
Ralph FiennesLord Gray
Maggie GyllenhaalIsabel Green
Maggie SmithAgatha Rose Doherty
Rhys IfansPhil Green
Daniel MaysBlenkinsop
Bill BaileyFarmer MacReadie
Ewan McGregorRory Green
Rosie Taylor-RitsonCelia Gray

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