Saving Mr. Banks

Nicely done movie with great performances from Thompson and Hanks. Also Farrell, which a role made perfectly for him.

The story is well threaded, letting us walk through Travers childhood and the birth of the main characters in Mary Poppins' books.

Utterly brilliant!

I haven't watched 'Mary Poppins' itself in many, many years but still have memories of it as a kid. That meant I had the desired knowledge of the key parts about that film, which I'd say is probably wise to watch before this - though not a requirement, at least in my o...