Surprised Really

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 2014)

I finally got to see the movie on Blu-Ray and I have to say the movie is really good and it's rather surprising for how mature Disney went with the movie. Usually when Disney or any film maker like Don Bluth makes a film about a real life historical figure, Pocahontas (1995) and Anastasia (1998), it's all sugarcoated adapting away from the real life events of that figure's history. Here, while it does adapt away some reality from the characters, they tend to keep most of it in. For example, P.L Travers' mother's attempted suicide, when her father died of the flu she, the mother, was struck with grief and was about to drown herself in a nearby lake, this is during her childhood, it wasn't successful, although that was adapted slightly different in the film, but they still put that part in and tend to have such a dark scene coming from the 'The Happiest Place on Earth' that also goes to her father's alcoholism, I do not support suicide or alcoholism though, if you suffer from them or anything else unhealthy, please get help, I'm just surprised that Disney put this stuff in as in the past they sugarcoat their past movies when it comes to historical figures making it inaccurate, that's a very mature move from Disney.
The acting of the characters are so good too, Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson had done so well playing as them. Hanks manage to put some humour, light heartiness and emotion into Walt Disney and Emma Thompson really put in some stern, anger, cold emotion into Travers. I understand that there are some fictionalised parts in the movie, like Walt Disney helping out with the production as in reality he didn't, as it was Travers working with the Sherman Brothers and all in the production of 'Mary Poppins' adaptation. I'm not defending it but I understand that they put it in there for chemistry between Disney and Travers.
I recommend watching this movie, it has good humour and it doesn't feel sappy or bad, you can actually feel for the characters, mostly Travers.