Saving Mr Banks!!!!

Saving Mr Banks.

Disney to make a film about Disney himself you'd think would be packed full of nods and winks to say "DISNEY IS AWESOME" but with Saving Mr Banks it was to just be a standalone film. It's fair to say that they wouldn't criticise too heavily the man who created the Disney brand. 

The film see's the story of how Marry Poppin's creator P.L Travers (Emma Thompson) travels to the US to speak with Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) himself over the rights to her story being made into a film. Of course P.L Travers has been seen to be quite the strong and opinionated woman who was very protective over her creation. 

With P.L Travers money running out quite fast she is told to fly to the US speak with Disney and also work on the film so she can have some control over the final film itself. Arriving into the US she meets with the two musical directors and lyricists the Sherman Brothers (Jason Schwartzman and B.J Novak) who work on the songs for the film. Of course to make sure she has a record of what is said in the meetings she records everything that is said and as usual she has stern words "what's responstible that's not a word undo it".

Running alongside the main story of the making of Mary Poppins is the story of P.L Travers own personal life, in particular her upbringing with her father Travers Robert Goff (Colin Farrell). A banker her family was to move around from town to town so that her father can take up his job as a manager of a bank. 

Constant friction was to slow the process of making the film between Travers and Disney, a trip to Disneyland with Disney himself was to loosen Travers up and finally accept the final song of the film 'Let's Go Fly A Kite'. As the relationship between the two becoming more positive and both of the mtruly understanding each others situation they both learn to work together and she lets Disney make the film his way. 

For what is a Disney film about Disney they don't blow their own horn too much and it is subtle and isn't all "YAYYYY DISNEY" style film which is good. The story between Disney and Travers is funny and yet sweet at the same time and also shows how two different people can learn to get along so well. I found the whole Colin Farrell history part of the film abit tedious and I felt it wasn't needed at all. It would still be a strong film with thos parts cut out as Thompson and Hanks are both on fine form and portray their two characters with confidence and we couldn't ask anything more from top actors like themselves. 

Any person or fan of the Mary Poppins film who watched it when they were a kid or even likes the Disney brand will love this film. It mentions all the songs from the film, shows the process Travers and the composers went through to make the film possible and shows an endearing story between two people. 

Oh and do stay to watch the credits as you will hear an actual recording of Travers during one of the many sessions she had during the making of the film.

7/10.