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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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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