The heart of Hogan's film is in the right place, and Collette is masterful as an agent of anarchy.
Mental
Every family is a little bit mental.
2012 · 1h 56m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
P.J. Hogan
Overview
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
The scenery Down Under looks great and you certainly can't write off a film where Liev Schreiber plays a shark hunter.
Writer-director P.J. Hogan may have based "Mental" on an actual incident from his childhood, but the crazy quilt of a movie that resulted feels anything but real.
"Mental" wildly overplays the kookiness and quirk.
A lot of times, you simply want the jabbering characters to shut up.
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