Mental

20122012
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 56min

Mental (2012)

A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.

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A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.

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Awards
- 1 win & 16 nominations

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P.J. Hogan in Mental (2012)

Anthony LaPaglia in Mental (2012)

Rebecca Gibney, Bethany Whitmore, Malorie O'Neill, Nicole Freeman, and Chelsea Bennett in Mental (2012)

Rebecca Gibney in Mental (2012)

Rebecca Gibney, Bethany Whitmore, Malorie O'Neill, Nicole Freeman, Chelsea Bennett, and Lily Sullivan in Mental (2012)

Toni Collette in Mental (2012)

Mental (2012)

Liev Schreiber in Mental (2012)

Mental (2012)

Mental (2012)

Mental (2018) Movie Poster - Bethany Whitmore as Jane Moochmore

Bethany Whitmore as Jane Moochmore in PJ Hogan's MENTAL (2012)

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The Moochmore girls are certain they all suffer from some kind of undiagnosed mental illness - because if they're not crazy then they're just unpopular. Their mother Shirley - unable to cope with her demanding daughters and unsupported by her philandering politician husband, Barry - suffers a nervous breakdown. After Barry commits his wife to a mental hospital (telling his constituents that "she's on holiday") he finds himself alone with 5 teenage girls he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz and installs her in his home as nanny to his daughters. —Caitlin Rose

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Taglines
- A New Kind of Nanny is Coming to Town.
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
In an interview on Australian television, P.J. Hogan said that Mental is autobiographical, that his own father had his wife committed, hired a hitchhiker to babysit his children - he trusted her because she had a dog - and later found out that she was an escapee.

Goofs
When Mr. Moochmore sits down to the dinner the girls made, the first item from the food dishes he is offered is a piece of bread, which he places on his plate. He then starts to reach for the spoon in the bowl of peas. In the next shot, the bread is gone from his plate, and in its place is a half a cob of corn. He is shown again reaching for the spoon in the peas, yet there is already a small pile of peas on his plate, and the bread is being held out to be offered once more.

Quotes
Shaz: And she's very, very sorry.
Doris: I'm very, very sorry.
Shirley Moochmore: For what?
Shaz: For being a cunt.
[the others gasp]
Shaz: You are a cunt. You are the cuntiest cunt of all time. Admit your cunthood. It's an irrefutable fact, like gravity.
Shirley Moochmore: Oh please don't make her say that.
Shaz: Oh, all right, she's sorry for not being a very good sister.
Shirley Moochmore: I'm sorry too.

Connections
Featured in Overrated (2015)

Soundtracks
The Sound of Music
Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Used by permission of Native Tongue Music Publishing obo Williamson Music, A Division of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company
Produced by Stephen Edwards and Michael Yezerski
Vocal arrangement by Stephen Edwards
Copyist Eric Jasper. Engineer Eric Jasper
Orchestra arrangement by Michael Yezerski
Orchestration - Jessica Wells
Conducted by Brett Kelly
Recorded and Mixed by Christo Curtis

Top review

10/10

Hilarious and clever - if you're beige you will hate it

Clever, quirky, hilariously funny and with enough pathos and melancholy to really get you thinking. If you are one of the beige folk, you will hate it. If you march to the beat of your own drum and always find yourself on the side of the underdog you will love it. Mental illness is definitely not off limits and with typical Australian irreverence the subject is tackled head on. Draws some conclusions about "normality" that some people will not be comfortable with. You will recognise a few big names, but the supporting actors were all equally talented. A genuinely amazing film. Actually funnier than Muriel's wedding. Destined to become a classic, with excellent performances from all.

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Oct 4, 2012

Release date
- March 29, 2013 (United States)
Countries of origin
- Australia
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- The Nanny
Filming locations
- Mt. Warning National Park, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $17,669
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,804
- Mar 31, 2013
Gross worldwide
- $4,446,852

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Runtime
- 1h 56min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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