A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
Acting
Toni Collette commits so hard she invents new emotions.
Direction
P.J. Hogan's suburban fever dream energy, dialed to eleven.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Australian absurdism.
Director
P.J. Hogan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hogan wrote this after his own sister's schizophrenia diagnosis, explaining why it walks the tightrope between mocking and mourning mental illness so precariously.
The shark puppet was a last-minute replacement when the animatronic failed; Collette's genuine reactions to its janky movement made the cut.
AU
