Mary Poppins Returns (Film)

I have a confession. I had never seen the original Mary Poppins until Friday.

According to my best friend I am “literally the last person of our generation to discover “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” is from Poppins.”

Anyway, Mary Poppins Returns is pitch perfect. It’s better paced than the original and has more light and shade. I cried! Will be going to see this again before the new year!

Saw this on Friday Afternoon and really really enjoyed it.

Took a bit of time to get used to Emily Blunt's Mary (which is a bit of a surprise really as I do have a 'bit of a thing' for Emily) but once there thought she was spectacularly good as was the rest of the cast.

They've kept a lot of the spirit of the first film but really brought it up to present day standards. All the song and dance numbers were great. It really did wizz by and was surprised it came in at over two hours.

The kids around me all seemed to enjoy it.

Think I might have to go see it again.

I was thoroughly charmed and quite frequently moved by it.

Tears on at least 3 occasions!

Musically astute with nods to the original and other Disney scores. Visually well put together. Again with good references to a wide range of other Disney classics (as well as the original novels)

I thought it was all strong other than the motivation for Colin Firth's character. But all in all, a lovely way to spend 2 hours.

I thought this was wonderful, utterly charming.

My fears about Emily Blunt's accent from the trailer were unfounded, I thought she was fabulous. Just the right amount of authority and hint of sass without being a carbon copy of Julie Andrews.

Lin-Manuel Miranda sang and acted well and was so charming that I can forgive the little slips in the accent (even with those he was miles better on that front than Dick van Dyke!).

I thought Emily Mortimer and Ben Wishaw were both great, as were all the children. Julie Walters was her usual funny self. Meryl Streep was a bit too over the top for me, but she sang it well enough.

Colin Fifth was the disappointment for me, but it's a thankless role. I struggled to make out Dick van Dyke's dialogue but it was still good to see him make an appearance, and the great Angela Lansbury simply stole the show.

I thought the score was delightful and the plot worked perfectly to give enough nods to the original while not feeling like a carbon copy. The 2 hours flew by.

I do think that this is a film more for adults than children though - there is such nostalgia for the original and some parts of it I suspect would go over young kids' heads. But if the screening I attended is anything to go by, it is attracting that adult audience anyway.

OK, so I have had an almost Pavlovian response to Feed The Birds since age 5, but I started crying at the opening credits and continued more or less all the way through! A couple of overtly sentimental moments but generally pitched just spot on with lovely nods to the original. Meryl Streep was wonderful, loved the joke about her accent. Karen Dotrice! (more crying). Just wish Julie Andrews could have been persuaded to put in even the briefest of appearances. I hope today's kids get as much pleasure from this as we did from the original, but somehow I doubt it.

It would have been the icing on the cake but Dame Julie was adamant right from the start that she loved Emily Blunt and thought she was perfect for it and that she felt that if she was in it even for the briefest moment that it would detract from Emily and she believed the film should be Emily's show completely.

Now *that* is a class act people.

Just in from seeing this in Sheffield. Absolutely loved it. About 8 of us in the imax though. But what a wonderfully done film. Have never been a fan of the original but loved the stage version so wondered how I would take to this- I needn’t have worried!

I would have loved her back as Mary Poppins never mind a cameo!

Just got back, that was absolutely delightful. Real old school Disney, I had a huge grin on my face from the opening credits. I will say I wasn't sure of Blunt at first, but I fell in love with her during the theatre song and dance number, she was absolutely Mary Poppins after that. I will be seeing this again in the cinema.

so how did Michael have the snow globe, when Mary packed it away in her carpet bag as she left all those years ago. Not nit picking as I loved the film, especially seeing karen dotrice.

I wanted to clap after Light Fantastic. And others did clap at the end when I saw it Boxing Day.

However my god the storyline is depressing as depressing can be.

I agree with all of the praise being heaped on this film, it was delightful. Straight from the opening credits with those lovely paintings, it was just a great feel-good film. I agree with oxfordsimon the motivation for Colin Firth’s character wanting the house wasn’t clear (unless I missed something?) but that’s a minor quibble. Lin-Manuel was very charming and the star of the film for me was Ben Whishaw. He just has something magical about him and his eyes are so expressive, A Conversation was such a moving song. Light Fantastic was indeed fantastic, great dancing. Can’t wait to see it again!