-May contain spoilers-

Since I first saw it, I have liked the movie Nanny McPhee (2005), the character of Simon Brown (Thomas Sangster) in particular. But I have never tried to puzzle him out, for the simple reasons that 1) I’m not in the habit of doing organized character analysis, and 2) Nanny McPhee is a children’s movie. What more could there be than the surface?
But now that I’m floating there anyway, I’m going to see how far I can wade. Let’s take a look at the surface.