Rotten
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.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Saving Mr. Banks
Where her book ended, their story began.
2013 · 2h 6m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, History
Directed by
John Lee Hancock
Overview
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Director and cast
- John Lee Hancock Director
- Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers
- Tom Hanks as Walt Disney
- Colin Farrell as Travers Robert Goff
- Paul Giamatti as Ralph
- Ruth Wilson as Margaret Goff
- Jason Schwartzman as Richard Sherman
- Bradley Whitford as Don DaGradi
- Annie Rose Buckley as Ginty
- B. J. Novak as Robert Sherman
- Kathy Baker as Tommie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pencil Thompson in now for an Oscar nomination, and maybe a win, and prepare to leave the theater humming the iconic songs.
Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
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.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Smart, delightful.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
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.
David Thomson, The New Republic
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