Director:
John Lee Hancock
Screenplay:
Kelly Marcel
Sue Smith
Main Cast:
Emma Thompson
Tom Hanks
Colin Farrell
Paul Giamatti
Jason Schwartzman
Ruth Wilson
Bradley Whitford
B.J. Novak
Rachel Griffiths
Annie Rose Buckley
While this film may start out as your run-of-the-mill Disney fairytale, it moves to darker nuances quite early in the story thanks to a well-constructed narrative structure. As the Sherman brothers belt out the immortal lyrics that made "Mary Poppins'" a timeless classic, P.L. Travers, embodied by the sublime Emma Thompson, recollects her heartbreaking childhood and we, the viewers, go from disliking her uptight demeanour to feeling elated at her newfound serenity in the space of a couple of hours. Tom Hanks is perfectly at ease as larger-than-life Walt Disney and Colin Farrell is harrowingly memorable as Travers's unfortunate father.
LINK to an article about P.L. Travers's life that appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald's website (SPOILER ALERT!!!):
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-truth-behind-mary-poppins-creator-pl-travers-20140104-30akz.html
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