学文网Emma Thompson, whose first 1)screenplay ?an 2)adaptation of Sense and Sensibility ?won the 1995 Oscar, returns to screenwriting with Nanny McPhee, a film adaptation of the urse Matilda?books by Christianna Brand. Thompson, the only person to have won an Oscar for both acting and writing, also plays the title role in Nanny McPhee.
In this dark and witty fable, Thompson 3)portrays a person of ugly appearance and magical powers. She enters the household of a 4)widower Mr. Brown (Colin Firth), and attempts to 5)tame his seven extremely ill-behaved children. The children, led by the eldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies, and they are certain that they will have no trouble with this one. But as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their bad behavior now leads, magically, to some 6)startling 7)consequences.
Nanny McPhee's 8)influence also extends to the family's deeper problems, including Mr. Brown's sudden and 9)inexplicable attempts to find a new wife; an announcement by the 10)domineering Aunt Adelaide that she wants to take one of the children away; and the sad and secret longings of their 11)scullery maid. As the children's behavior begins to change, Nanny McPhee's 12)arresting face appears to change as well, raising even more questions about this mysterious stranger whom the children and their father have come to love.
艾玛・汤普森凭借她的首个电影剧本（改编自《理智与情感》）获得1995年的奥斯卡金像奖。现在她又回来创作了剧本《保姆麦克菲》，这是根据克里斯蒂安娜・布兰德的《保姆玛蒂尔达》系列丛书改编的电影。惟一一位奥斯卡表演奖和剧作奖得主汤普森同时也出演《保姆麦克菲》的剧名角色。
在这部黑暗却又充满智慧的童话故事里，汤普森扮演一个样貌丑陋却拥有神奇魔力的人。她来到鳏夫布朗先生（科林・弗思饰）家里，要“驯服”他家里那7个调皮捣蛋的孩子。这些孩子在老大西蒙的带领下，居然成功赶走了先前的17个保姆，他们深信要赶走这个绝对没问题。但当保姆麦克菲开始管教他们后，他们开始注意到现在自己的捣蛋行为会奇怪地引发出一些令人害怕的结果。
保姆麦克菲的影响还扩大到这个家庭更深层次的一些问题上，其中包括：布朗先生突然无缘无故要找一位新太太；专横的阿德莱德阿姨宣布要带走其中一个孩子；还有女帮厨悲惨、秘密的心愿。随着孩子们的行为举止开始有所改变，麦克菲那“突出”的长相也开始发生变化；而这时孩子们和布朗先生则开始喜欢上这位神奇的陌生人，于是一系列问题又接踵而来。