ThiefHott Too much of everything

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

mikdelaney I was very surprised when my wife told me we were going to watch a movie about Mary Poppins. I rarely watch movies, I love reading books. Of course I had seen Mary Poppins probably 20 or more times over my life. Definitely a classic of Walt Disney's. So if you find out we were going to watch a movie about the movie, I settled in and hoped to enjoy it. I was not disappointed at all. I cried, I left, I was frustrated, I smile. This was needed in my life. I hope you enjoy the movie as much as I did with my family. You won't be disappointed

Clifton Johnson Kinda like a really long Mad Men episode with a more recognizable cast, a peppier soundtrack, worse flashbacks and less historical accuracy. Well done? Yeah. Entertaining? Meh.

philipposathina ...or "uncovering Mary Poppins" would perhaps be a more appropriate title for this great film. If nothing else, this would certainly be much better than the stupid and totally irrelevant one the film had in my country ( "The magic umbrella") associating in a most naive and superficial way this touching psychological drama with W. Disney's "Mary Poppins". Perhaps that's why i did not care to watch it till yesterday, thinking that i have had enough of magic umbrellas in my childhood. I never thought that the film had nothing to do with "Mary Poppins" as a fairy tale and her magic umbrella itself, but it was instead focusing on uncovering the real drama that inspired the good witch's story. In this movie we actually watch two,at first glance irrelevant to each other, stories. One that took place in the beginning of last century in Australia and one that takes place in the beginning of the -60's when Mrs Travers, the author of "Mary Poppins" tries to come in terms with W. Disney about how the book would be transformed into a movie. Though it's difficult to understand at the very beginning why she is so unbearably stubborn and insisting on how the characters of the book would be shown and illustrated in the film and overall about the film itself, soon, as her own life's story unfolds making clear what her fairy-tale's characters really represent, her attitude and her almost repulsive behavior become more understandable and she herself more likable and compassionable. After all for many of us our childhood's demons are still a part of our life, consciously or subconsciously controlling and influencing our personalities and we all have a Mr Banks or an Elias Disney (Walt's "demon") to save/make up with, don't we? The film is really good and exciting to watch. Perhaps the excellent revival of the sixties and its characters contribute a lot to this. And of course the revival of these characters through the great performances of -my beloved- Emma Tomson in a "contra role"-that is to say a role we are not used to seeing her in- as a typical aging English shrew, as well as that of Tom Hanks (great as Walt Disney) and the rest of the cast, make this revival absolutely convincing. In Brief, "saving Mr. Banks" is a really good, truthfully tender and touching film which does deserve your attention!

alindsay-al I have heard allot of great things about this film and it is truly a fantastic film. The premise of the film sees the author of mary poppins in a dispute with walt Disney about what vision they see for the character. Emma thompson plays pl travers the author of mary poppins and she does a really good job. At first she seems a bit unlikeable but as the film progresses she gets captured in the magic and you see her become more likable but you understand her feelings because of how she feels about these characters. Tom hanks plays walt Disney and he does a great job in this film. He is just a really likable guy who wants to give people what they want and whether this film is truly accurate but I don't really care because he does a great job and the leads chemistry is great. Paul giamatti plays travers driver and even though it's not the biggest role he is crucial because he adds humanity to travers character and he brings great brightness to this film. Colin Farrell in this film is absolutely fantastic in this film, he delivers a performance of Oscar calibre because of the layers he has and the great performance he gives. Everybody else does a great job with there being no bad performance in the whole film. The story has great intrigue to it, even though from the description you would think its a bit dull it just really isn't. It has depth to it's narrative and fleshes out the characters so you care about them. The script has great dialogue with some well placed humour in it but so much great drama that really put this film above good. The style has perfect tone for the subject matter. However, my main negative for this film is the pacing is a bit slow and drags at times plus the ending is pretty abrupt. Overall this is a fantastic movie that is definitely worth a watch especially if your a fan of mary poppins.