LOVED this film more than I ever thought I would

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2014)

A film about the making of Mary Poppins seemed at first not to interest me. I was 15 when the real Mary Poppins film came out, much too old to think of it as teenage fare but my neighbor next door five years younger than I kept singing and singing and singing "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Who knew the story behind the story of the making of this movie? This was one of the best films I have seen this year, right up there (although a different film) with the excellence of "12 Years a Slave." It has a depth I never in a million years thought it would have had. No spoilers here because truly one has to see it to appreciate its heft.
I loved every minute of it. Kudos to Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson and all the rest who played major (and minor) parts. Each was wonderful. It is a touching, sad, beautiful and uplifting film. One can only hope more films such as this would be made where gratuitous sex, profanity and violent mayhem are absent. Hallelujah, it's about time!