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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 4

At its best, Saving Mr. Banks is in that writers’ room, mining differences of opinion for combative comedy; Novak, especially, has the Office-honed chops to make impatience funny.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Susan Wloszczyna
rated 8

...Emma Thompson, perfectly cast in every way down to her tightly wound perm...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Helen O'Hara
rated 8

The story is strongest not in showing Travers’ genesis but the film genesis of her great creation.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

The longer the film goes on...the more you realise that Hanks and Thompson are born to play Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Mårten Blomkvist
rated 6

...är underhållande i sin skildring av denna tjurfäktning mellan Disney (Tom Hanks) och Travers (Emma Thompson).

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 7

...en sød lille film om to kæmper der kæmper nærmest med livet som indsats for at få deres vilje.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Lise Ulrich
rated 7

...John Lee Hancocks herligt eskapistiske opvisning i filmisk råhygge, skamløs følelsesporno og klukkende godt humør.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Jane Valeur
rated 5

...historien bag Mary Poppins er fascinerende.

Read full review at Film-Nyt

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks
As Walt Disney
Paul Giamatti
As Ralph
Emma Thompson
As P.L. Travers
Bradley Whitford
As Don DaGradi
Jason Schwartzman
As Richard Sherman
Kathy Baker
As Tommie

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Saving Mr. Banks tells the untold story behind the making of Mary Poppins, one of Disney's most beloved classics. For 20 years, Walt Disney tried to obtain the rights to P.L. Travers' book, but the uncompromising writer refused to budge. When Travers finally agrees to meet with Disney in LA, he pulls out all the stops to win her over. But as the two work together, they discover secrets from their past that threaten to derail their collaboration. With Tobacco depictions and a star-studded cast featuring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks is a heartwarming tale about creativity, perseverance - and finding common ground despite differences.

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