If only they could have left Mrs. Travers out of it entirely

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2014)

I honestly liked this film. I really did. It was full of nicely drawn characters and wonderful attention to detail, and I don't think Tom Hanks has ever made a bad movie. Yes, everything was great. Except every time Mrs. Travers appeared, I wanted to kick her in the face. What a disagreeable woman she was! I understand, yes, she had neuroses and a crappy childhood and was lonely as an adult. She was lonely, I would venture to say, because she was a royal killjoy, a true defeat of anything joyful. Yep. Would have liked the movie a lot more with a lot less of her. And yes, I do realize she is the focus of it all. In fact, most of the other characters seemed to revolve around her unpleasantness. I understand the need for this to be "real" movie. But honestly, if you can get past what a miserable person Mrs. Travers, according to this, seemed to be, you'll like it. She just an awfully big bitter pill to swallow to get to the spoonful of sugar that is Tom Hanks' Walt Disney.