Saving Mr. Banks
P.L. TraversWalt Disney, who has sought to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen for 20 years.
26 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 January 1955, Manhattan, New York, USA
9 November 1955, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
5 October 1923, Pretoria, South Africa
19 April 1989, Detroit, Michigan, USA
5 July 1960, Brooklyn, New York, USA
9 July 1956, Concord, California, USA
25 March 1956, Stepney, London, England, UK
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
20 February 1970, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
April 17, 2016
Viewers raised on "Mary Poppins" will be unable to resist the warm embrace of "Saving Mr. Banks."
December 20, 2013
Pencil Thompson in now for an Oscar nomination, and maybe a win, and prepare to leave the theater humming the iconic songs.
June 21, 2016
There is a lot of tricky narrative positioning in the script that works in building momentum, but it often feels so manipulated that it's tough to keep your eyes from rolling.
April 03, 2016
With a few distorted facts, Saving Mr. Banks takes on a life of its own, and there's enough truth in it to make you swallow the rest . . . with or without a spoonful of sugar.
June 18, 2016
It may be the most self-congratulatory bit of hagiography Hollywood has ever produced, and that's saying something.
January 03, 2014
The whole thing leaves you with an appalling chill. It feels like a warning from Hollywood to the ambivalent creators of anything: Take the spoonful of sugar or we'll force-feed it to you.
December 20, 2013
The sap doesn't run too thick, although it does run, and the movie certainly has a patented Disney upbeat feel much of the time. It's more a spoonful of sugar than medicine for aging baby boomer's souls.
May 17, 2016
Although at times overly sweet and emotional, Saving Mr. Banks is for the most part warm, heartfelt and easy to like. It's hard not to appreciate the Disney magic once again on display here.
December 19, 2013
Saving Mr Banks is a merciless film. It hits you with every sentimental low blow it can think of. Then it pounds you again. And when you're down, it jumps on you.
February 29, 2016
Saving Mr. Banks works well under the directorial style of John Lee Hancock, but its real mark will be left thanks to the multifaceted Thompson.
December 20, 2013
Smart, delightful.
