75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle Has a lighter spirit than its predecessor, but it arrives at the same warm and touching place. Read full review
75 Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey At its best, Nanny McPhee Returns has the playful surrealism of "Babe," if "Babe" had been directed by Terry Gilliam. Read full review
75 The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Liam Lacey Ultimately, the performances carry the film. Read full review
70 The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt James Newton Howard's music picks up its comic cues perhaps a bit too swiftly and loudly, but little of this detracts from the movie's many pleasures. Read full review