Superfragicaliwoopus!

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2014)

Touching and heartwarming, any cynicism I had about Fairy Tales have been washed away.
Pundits might complain that "It didn't happen that way" - and in doing so, completely missed the point.
I admit, I was biased going in. I grew up dreaming every day about my first trip to Disneyland. I grew up watching the Wonderful World of Disney. I saw Mary Poppins, more times than I should admit, and wished I had hopped into the drawing with Bert and Mary. So for me Saving Mr. Banks was wonderfully nostalgic. And that would have been enough.
Emma Thompson was fantastic, and that would have been enough (I am a bit surprised she did not get a Best Actress bid).
But this movies gives us much more.
A masterful retelling of true events that throws the main character, and us, into our own personal Fairy Tale. The demons are our own, and that makes the hope that much more tangible.
It's why we tell stories in the first place, and this movie reminds us of that.