Synopsis
Where her book ended, their story began.
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
2013 Directed by John Lee Hancock
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Emma Thompson Tom Hanks Colin Farrell Paul Giamatti Ruth Wilson Jason Schwartzman Bradley Whitford Annie Rose Buckley B.J. Novak Kathy Baker Lily Bigham Melanie Paxson Andy McPhee Rachel Griffiths Ronan Vibert Fuschia Sumner David Ross Paterson Laura Waddell Barbara Keegan Steven Cabral Jerry Hauck Michelle Arthur Michael Swinehart Bob Rusch Paul Tassone Luke Baines Demetrius Grosse Kim D'Armond Mia Serafino Show All…
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Patronizing, terrifying, sexist, saccharine, tedious... evil, really! This is a movie about a woman being manipulated and beaten down over two lethargically paced hours by a rich, whimsical man and his corporate machine until finally, finally he unlocks her psyche and she gives in. Every character in this is one-dimensional, granted a single trait or explanatory secret. Every conversation is premised on the laziest kind of historical irony and the assumption that Mary Poppins in its finished form is the greatest thing mankind has ever wrought. Fuck this movie. This is roughly how I expect Oceania's Ministry of Truth would adapt 1984.
- Why is this movie well shot?
- Why is the story so incredibly fun and interesting?
- Why is this much better than most Disney movies?
- Why is the movie well scripted?
- Why is Emma Thompson genuinely amazing?
- Why is this movie SO GOOD?!?!?!
Thanks Jackson!!
Side note: I know you all don’t like this movie but as someone who grew up watching Mary Poppins constantly this hit pretty close to home and I was thoroughly entertained and hearing and watching this story on screen was very delightful.
A fine movie with an interesting subject and some strong performances. But this film will be most valuable and most remembered decades from now as a historical object: the time that Disney made a movie about the beauty and importance of Disney. It's the cinematic rebuttal to every academic thesis and opinion column that Disney brainwashes kids and dilutes American culture; a company's heartfelt love letter to itself.
I really, really, really love this movie, man. Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson give tour-de-force performances, both playing cultural icons, but they do it in a way that humanizes them instead of turning them into caricatures of themselves. PL Travers, notably, is a character who could have been so one-note and near-cartoonish in her grumpiness, but Thompson gives every overreaction a hint of conflict with the habitual cynicism, and this aids considerably given how much of the film is about discovering why she is the way that she is. Films that give empathy for people who seem unlikeable or bitter on the surface have long been my soft-spot; it's why I love a movie like Bad Times at the El…
Disney should make a sequel with its Marvel division about the inspirational true story of Stan Lee cheating Jack Kirby out of royalties.
This hits me harder than a truck load of bricks would. I’m really in my feelings tonight fam
unfortunately dreadful. charming performances don’t redeem a movie about movies that lacks so much as a hint of cinema.
john lee hancock doesn't direct film so much as transposes scripts to the screen. the pacing is brutal (those flashbacks enervate the film each and every time), the messages are at once both garbled and telegraphed... when a tertiary character talking about his handicapped daughter is the most sincere emotional beat in the piece, you've got problems. as bad as FINDING NEVERLAND, but thoroughly aware that it doesn't have to try nearly as hard to wring the tears. was hoping that it would at least be coated in that good-times awards season polish, a spoonful of sugar that helps even the worst such films go down easy... but nope.
sure is hard to stay mad at emma thompson, though.
The fact that Disney was able to distribute a film that's based on how Walt Disney got the rights for Mary Poppins, they could've easily sugar coated the heck out of this story and make Travers seem like the bad person. Although most parts have that "feel good" tone, Saving Mr. Banks did a great job at showing both sides of the story.
Emma Thompson is fantastic as she shows us the struggle that P. L. Travers went through in order to give up something that was truly important to her. And through flashbacks, we're able to see why every detail is important to her. She easily becomes the hero in the story and I do give Disney props for…