A delirious and delightful farce which showcases the considerable skills of Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. McDormand plays a down-on-her-luck nanny who has just been fired from her third job in 1939 London. Desperate for employment, she passes herself off as a “social secretary” to a daffy American actress (Adams) who is juggling multiple men in an attempt to make it big on the London stage. McDormand’s anti-Mary Poppins turn is a nice foil for Adams, who proves once again that she’s the closest thing we have right now to a classic Hollywood comedienne (and not just because she’s the only contemporary actress who can make phrases such as “jeepers” and “doggone” work).
