Whilegluing pieces of families back together, the nanny character also discovers their own journey of self-discovery.

M. Barrie’splay,Peter Pan and Wendy.

Shebrings them their medicine, tidies up the toys, makes their beds, and more.

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Before the children leave for Neverland, she’s taken to the outdoor dog house by Mr.

Darling (Hans Conried) when he emphasizes that the children must grow up.

The pair would reprise their roles in a second film,Eloise at Christmastime.

Nana the dog nurse stands near Michael Darling tucked in bed in Peter Pan.

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Nanny is Eloise’s stability in her mischievous adventures and in her real world with absentee parents.

Andrews' performance feels like a warm hug that embraces not only Eloise but the audience too.

But everything ends right-side up.

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Sofia Vassilieva sits on Julie Andrews' lap as they read a book and have tea in Eloise at the Plaza.

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Brittany Murphy as Molly Gunn smiling at a person offscreen in Uptown Girls.

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A grown-up woman who kept her childish instincts and behavior starts working as the nanny of an 8-year-old girl who actually acts like an adult. But everything ends right-side up.

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Tully is watching Marlo breastfeeding a baby in Tully.

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A new comedy from Academy Award®-nominated director Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”) and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”). Marlo (Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis).

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Martin (Simon Kunz) holds a tray of champagne and smiles at Chessy (Lisa Ann Walter) in The Parent Trap.

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Maria plays guitar and sings surrounded by children in a meadow in The Sound of Music.

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A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

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Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire and Sally Fields as Miranda Hillard looking up in Mrs. Doubtfire.

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Bert (Dick Van Dyke) and Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) covered in soot look into the distance in Mary Poppins

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