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.
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
Andres Gomez
Nicely done movie with great performances from Thompson and Hanks. Also Farrell, which a role made perfectly for him. The story is well threaded, letting us walk through Travers childhood and the birth of the main characters in Mary Poppins' books....
r96sk
Utterly brilliant! I haven't watched <em>'Mary Poppins'</em> itself in many, many years but still have memories of it as a kid. That meant I had the desired knowledge of the key parts about that film, which I'd say is probably wise to watch before this - though not a requirement, at least in my o...