Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Country: US/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 130m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Synopsis:
The Banks children have grown up and had children of their own (the son at least), but the Great Depression finds them at the mercy of Michael's unscrupulous employer and the family home on the verge of repossession. Cue a return visit from the world's most magical nanny.
Review:
Possibly the cinema's most delayed sequel (54 years) is also the most redundant, coming after the Nanny McPhee films and being pretty much a forgettable retread of the original's set pieces. Blunt accomplishes all the singing and dancing proficiently enough and has a charming smile, her character taking more of a back seat as she gives the Bankses the courage to help themselves. The colour palette is slightly less lurid than Disney's, and Marshall directs an imaginative music hall sequence, but the highlight (and I never thought I'd say this) has to be Dick Van Dyke's cameo as the senior banker, dancing on his desk at 90. Angela Lansbury also gets a look in, so no rehash of Bedknobs, then?
Country: US/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 130m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Synopsis:
The Banks children have grown up and had children of their own (the son at least), but the Great Depression finds them at the mercy of Michael's unscrupulous employer and the family home on the verge of repossession. Cue a return visit from the world's most magical nanny.
Review:
Possibly the cinema's most delayed sequel (54 years) is also the most redundant, coming after the Nanny McPhee films and being pretty much a forgettable retread of the original's set pieces. Blunt accomplishes all the singing and dancing proficiently enough and has a charming smile, her character taking more of a back seat as she gives the Bankses the courage to help themselves. The colour palette is slightly less lurid than Disney's, and Marshall directs an imaginative music hall sequence, but the highlight (and I never thought I'd say this) has to be Dick Van Dyke's cameo as the senior banker, dancing on his desk at 90. Angela Lansbury also gets a look in, so no rehash of Bedknobs, then?
Country: US/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 130m
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Synopsis:
The Banks children have grown up and had children of their own (the son at least), but the Great Depression finds them at the mercy of Michael's unscrupulous employer and the family home on the verge of repossession. Cue a return visit from the world's most magical nanny.
Review:
Possibly the cinema's most delayed sequel (54 years) is also the most redundant, coming after the Nanny McPhee films and being pretty much a forgettable retread of the original's set pieces. Blunt accomplishes all the singing and dancing proficiently enough and has a charming smile, her character taking more of a back seat as she gives the Bankses the courage to help themselves. The colour palette is slightly less lurid than Disney's, and Marshall directs an imaginative music hall sequence, but the highlight (and I never thought I'd say this) has to be Dick Van Dyke's cameo as the senior banker, dancing on his desk at 90. Angela Lansbury also gets a look in, so no rehash of Bedknobs, then?