Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Acting
Thompson's pursed-lip perfection; Hanks' Disney as flawed true believer.
Writing
Flashback structure slowly weaponizes your emotions against you.
Production
1960s Disney offices so detailed you'll smell the cigarettes.
Director
John Lee Hancock
Emma Thompson
P.L. Travers
Tom Hanks
Walt Disney
Colin Farrell
Travers Robert Goff
Paul Giamatti
Ralph
Ruth Wilson
Margaret Goff
Jason Schwartzman
Richard Sherman
Bradley Whitford
Don DaGradi
Annie Rose Buckley
Ginty
B. J. Novak
Robert Sherman
Kathy Baker
Tommie
Melanie Paxson
Dolly
Andy McPhee
Mr. Belhatchett
Rachel Griffiths
Aunt Ellie
Ronan Vibert
Diarmuid Russell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real P.L. Travers hated the Mary Poppins film so much she wept at the premiere—though the movie suggests otherwise. She also wasn't invited to the sequel premiere.
Disney held the rights for 20 years; this film was itself a Disney production about Disney acquiring rights. The mouse always wins.
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