Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

Rating: PG-13

Time: 215 Minutes

Genre: Biography/Drama

Year: 2013

My Rating: 8

In all honesty, this movie was not my type of movie. I like films with action and that are fast paced. This film had absolutely no action and was paced incredibly slowly. Nonetheless, as far as movies go, it was spectacular. 

The acting in this movie was spectacular. Tom Hanks was awesome as always. Emma Thompson also did a fantastic job. The movie was about the author P. L. Travers who met with Walt Disney. Walt wanted to make a movie of Mary Poppins, a book written by Travers. There were a lot of disputes between the two as Walt tried to get the movie made and Travers stopped him whenever she could. It flashes back to Travers' childhood throughout the film to give a background to her rough exterior. These flashbacks were put in at excellent points in the movie and really helped the story. 

It was beautifully done, and a fun film, but not one that I particularly care to see again because it just seemed really long. This is, however, a movie I think everyone should see at least once. I give this movie an 8 our of ten because it really was a great movie.