An actor's movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2013)

A very well done docu/drama about the making of Mary Poppins.
The movie has enough to entice you, make you smile and make you appreciate what goes into making movies from the perspective of the producer and story writer. The acting, sets and 60's period costumes are wonderful. Not a movie children will enjoy, or even understand, but worthy of adults who want to see something that is rather anti-climatic and lends itself quite well to the subject matter.
A good portion of SMB provides us background details which prompted the writing of the books in the first place, while the other half focuses on the challenges and frustrations both the studio and Mrs. Travers endured when they tried to come to terms with the screen adaptation.
Stick around for the credits to see the actual pictures and hear the tape recordings of the events.