I am a big fan of Mary Poppins (1964) - Robert Stevenson (and Disney in general), so watching how it was made was a real treat for me. I also spotted a couple of shout outs to the original film, for example, the carousel music is the same as when they are on a carousel in the original. It's little things like that, that show how much care and research has gone into the making of this film. It's a simple film, and is simple to follow, but it is beautifully done. It isn't weighed down with unnecessary back story, like why P. L. Travers moved from Australia to England, it just tells the story at hand, and it may seem silly to say, but it ends at the end: at the premiere, where it should. I don't think that's a spoiler: the film gets made, everyone knows that.
Emma Thompson, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, J. B. Novak and Paul Giamatti are all perfect in their roles, but obviously Tom Hanks plays the hardest, one of the most iconic real life figures of modern times: Walt Disney. As someone who never got to meet Disney, I can't tell whether he did him justice, but from my point of view, he was just the right amount of fun loving blended with charismatic he could be.
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
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