History YMMV / NannyMcPhee

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Naughty as the Brown children are, it's hard not to feel sympathy for these motherless children with a workaholic father, no friends, and the threat of a WickedStepmother looming on the horizon...
** It's also implied that none of their ''previous'' nannies ever cared to get to ''know'' them ''individually''.

** Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster who is best known as [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Ferb]] and [[Series/{{Godless}} Whitey Winn]]. Disney Channel would even specifically point out Sangster's role as Ferb [[AdvertisingByAssociation in advertising]] when preparing to air the first film during the run of ''Phineas and Ferb''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, Evangeline is walked down the aisle by Nanny [=McPhee=], who acts somewhat motherly towards her in that moment. Kelly [=MacDonald=] and Creator/EmmaThompson would work together again as daughter and mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', where [=MacDonald=] would be ''against'' Thompson's attempts to marry her off.

** The last thing Nanny [=McPhee=] does before leaving the Browns is to acknowledge the children's deceased mother by bowing her head towards her favorite chair. [[spoiler: In ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'', the last thing Nanny [=McPhee=] does before leaving the Greens to bow her head towards the Greens' seemingly deceased father... who turns out to be ''[[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated alive after all]]''.]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The last person Nanny [=McPhee=] helps in the first film is baby Aggie, when she magically returns her mother's rattle to her after it was broken. [[spoiler: Mrs. Docherty in ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'' is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed at the end to be a grown-up Aggie]], who still remembers Nanny [=McPhee=] and holds on to the rattle. The fact that the otherwise forgetful old woman still remembers this is a testament to the impact Nanny [=McPhee=] had on her life.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, Evangeline is walked down the aisle by Nanny [=McPhee=], who acts somewhat motherly towards her in that moment. Kelly [=MacDonald=] and Creator/EmmaThompson would work together again as daughter and mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}, where [=MacDonald=] would be ''against'' Thompson's attempts to marry her off.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the film, Evangeline is walked down the aisle by Nanny [=McPhee=], who acts somewhat motherly towards her in that moment. Kelly [=MacDonald=] and Creator/EmmaThompson would work together again as daughter and mother in ''WesternAnimation/Brave2012'', where [=MacDonald=] would be ''against'' Thompson's attempts to marry her off.

* HarsherInHindsight: Considering Simon's actor Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster would later play Newt in ''Film/TheMazeRunnerSeries'', his line "I ''never'' say please!" becomes rather ironic considering [[spoiler:Newt's last words.]]

* HilariousInHindsight:
** You can't help but think Nanny [=McPhee=] was inspired by ''Film/MaryPoppins''. Years later, Emma Thompson starred in ''Film/SavingMrBanks'', where she portrays P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins.
** Imelda Staunton played the Cook who has to deal with some very troubled children and Emma Thompson played the nanny who is loved by the children. Come ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' where Staunton played Professor Umbridge who is a TyrantTakesTheHelm on the Hogwarts students and teachers with Thompson's character, Professor Trelawney, being a target of Umbridge's tyranny. Sounds likes a sweet revenge.
*** On top of that, she loves referring back to her contract on various matters, saying 'I have it in writing'. Come Order of the Phoenix, she has a lot of things in writing.
** Celia Imrie plays a potential suitor to Colin Firth, which is hilarious if you know of [[Film/BridgetJonesDiary the other three films they have done together]], where she plays a friend of his parents. Even more hilarious after you see the third film and her character makes a tactless claim about Bridget Jones's former HollywoodPudgy status, which can read as Mrs. Quickly zinging the late Mrs. Brown to her face!
** Emma Thompson and Kelly Macdonald would later play mother and daughter in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}.''

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the sequel, the uncle lets all the farm's piglets out of their pen and the children have to hunt them down, and Nanny [=McPhee=] decides that dragging out this task further will teach them a lesson in teamwork. Which justifies making the pigs harder to catch by granting them some speed and agility, but seriously... ''synchronized swimming''?
* EvenBetterSequel: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'' is widely considered to be the superior of the two movies due to its more fleshed out characters and even better humor by both reviewers and fans.

** Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal dragging someone in handcuffs may remind some of ''Film/{{Secretary}}''.

** Kelly [=MacDonald=] as Evangeline in the first movie.

* {{Squick}}: In the sequel, the montage which depicts the farm as full of mud and poop.
** Some of the food (like the worms in the sandwiches, the gruel with peelings in, etc)

* TheWoobie: Both the Browns and the Greens. The former has a dead family member and the latter has family members involved in a war.

** Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster who is best known as [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Ferb]] and [[Series/{{Godless}} Whitey Winn]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Naughty as the Brown children are, it's hard not to feel sympathy for these motherless children with a workaholic father, no friends, and the threat of a WickedStepmother looms on the horizon...

* FridgeBrilliance: Nanny [=McPhee's=] suggestions to the guard about how to eat broccoli and asparagus, to some people, would be considered to be very good ideas for a pair of vegetables which are very difficult to get people to eat.
* FridgeLogic: In the sequel, the two boys headed to the War office in the capital to ensure they had ''proof'' that the DisappearedDad was still alive... yet they hear the news and immediately leave ''empty-handed''? At least grab the paper ribbon code thingy from the radio guy first...

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Nanny [=McPhee=] Returns'', according to reviewers.

** Celia Imrie plays a potential suitor to Colin Firth, which is hilarious if you know of [[Film/BridgetJonessDiary the other three films they have done together]], where she plays a friend of his parents. Even more hilarious after you see the third film and her character makes a tactless claim about Bridget Jones's former HollywoodPudgy status, which can read as Mrs. Quickly zinging the late Mrs. Brown to her face!

** Celia Imrie plays a potential suitor to Colin Firth, which is hilarious if you know of [[Film/BridgetJonesesDiary the other three films they have done together]], where she plays a friend of his parents. Even more hilarious after you see the third film and her character makes a tactless claim about Bridget Jones's former HollywoodPudgy status, which can read as Mrs. Quickly zinging the late Mrs. Brown to her face!

* HarsherInHindsight: Considering Simon's actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster would later play Newt in ''Film/TheMazeRunnerSeries'', his line "I ''never'' say please!" becomes rather ironic considering [[spoiler:Newt's last words.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: In the sequel, [[spoiler:Phil's forging of the telegram]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Considering Simon's actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster would later play Newt in ''Film/TheMazeRunnerSeries'', his line "I NEVER say please!" becomes rather ironic considering [[spoiler:Newt's last words.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Considering Simon's actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster would later play Newt in ''Film/TheMazeRunnerSeries'', his line "I never say please!" becomes rather ironic considering [[spoiler:Newt's last words.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Considering Simon's actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster would later play Newt in ''Film/TheMazeRunnerTrilogy'', his line "I never say please!" becomes rather ironic considering [[spoiler:Newt's last words.]]

** MaggieGyllenhaal dragging someone in handcuffs may remind some of ''{{Secretary}}''.
** You can't help but think Nanny [=McPhee=] was inspired by ''MaryPoppins''. Years later, Emma Thompson starred in ''Film/SavingMrBanks'', where she portrays P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins.