Saving Mr. Banks
This story tells about a different and influential biographical comedy about the author P.L. Travers, who is beyond her childhood after a reluctant meeting with Walt Disney. Walt tries to adapt Mary Bubbins' own books to display through the screen, offering a new set of events in the book.
8 June 1950, Midland, Texas, USA
27 October 1969, Perth, Australia
26 September 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 July 1979, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
4 February 1976, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
23 January 1955, Manhattan, New York, USA
10 January 1982, Redwood City, California, USA
26 February 1981, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1 December 1969, San Rafael, California, USA
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.
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.
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 20, 2013
Smart, delightful.
June 18, 2016
It may be the most self-congratulatory bit of hagiography Hollywood has ever produced, and that's saying something.
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.
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.
April 17, 2016
Viewers raised on "Mary Poppins" will be unable to resist the warm embrace of "Saving Mr. Banks."
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.
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.
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.
