Kinda Melancholy But OK

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2014)

I didn't love the movie per se, but I appreciated what it was going for. It is very melodramatic, and it took some time to understand the Australian scenes, but the movie was gut-wrenching in some parts and Colin Farell does some of the best acting of his career.
Emma Thompson plays a great lead in the film and really carried the movie... if Mary Popping was about Mr. Banks, then Saving Mr. Banks was about P.L. Travers' solemn past.
Tom Hanks is on point as Walt Disney and the supporting cast does a great job of lightening the mood of a pretty dreary movie.
There were a lot of old folks in the theatre, so I don't know that young teen would appreciate the movie as much, my own high-school aged in-laws were visibly restless. Would recommend seeing, but only if you're wide awake.
7/10