Susie O
Mrs. Travers is portrayed as rather one dimensional, but perhaps she was in actuality just so. Half way through the movie Thompson's one-note portrayal of a pedantic overbearing boorish old lady becomes very wearing. Thankfully we are given the tiniest glimmer of humanity in Paul Giamatti's role as her driver. However, not quite enough to save this movie. If Travers was really like this, I cannot imagine why someone didn't just strangle her.
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Just Visiting
Tom Hanks is a favourite of mine, and he has been since Splash. To imagine both of them in the same production was indeed a delicious prospect. But now that I've seen it, to say that I am disappointed is the least. The delivery is slow, the see-saw between P. L. Travers' younger years and the 1960s, where she is now, is ineffective and not always revealing of motives or reasoning. However patient one is, the ending cannot come fast enough.
Jessica McNellis
Excellent, compelling story. I love that its a true story. It shows a side to Disney that I never knew about, and I believe Travers is more complex than critics say. Trauma manifests in different ways, and this was a different time. Saying Travers, in real life, was one dimensional isn't fair. Many people carry pain in their hearts for so long, me includes. To see Travers finally open up and watching her begin to heal was heart warming. I admire her in some ways, as well as Disney.