Comedy · Family · Fantasy
American
1964 · Directed by Robert Stevenson · 139 min
In Edwardian London, two children who keep driving off their nannies get a new one unlike any before her. She is brisk, vain and impossibly composed, and she turns ordinary days into songs and outings. A bright Disney musical with a surprisingly sober core.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining family musical of the studio era's late flowering, and the peak of Disney's attempt to merge its animation tradition with big-budget live-action storytelling.
Watch with intention
Watch how the film plays buoyant fantasy against the stiff routines of an Edwardian London household, and which of the two it takes more seriously.
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