Practically Perfect in Every Way

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2015)

Working to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney has been trying to convince Pamela "P. L." Travers to allow him to turn "Mary Poppins" into a movie for 20 years with no luck. Finally, low on money, she reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles. While there, she begins to come to terms with her own difficult childhood.
In short, I loved this movie. Although they took a lot of historical liberties, I can understand quite a few of them. Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks did a very good job portraying P. L. Travers and Walt Disney respectively. One of the better parts of this movie was Colin Farrell's heartbreaking as the loving, yet alcoholic father of P.L, Travers Goff. This movie also had quite a few moments that made me cry, one of them being the death of Travers. I thought that, considering Annie Rose Buckley is a very young actor, Buckley did a very good job conveying the grief and anger that came with the early death of her father.
In short, despite the historical liberties and the, at times, slow pacing, this movie is a must-see.