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Saving Mr. Banks
Directed by
John Lee Hancock
PG-13
2013
2h 5m
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7.5
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P. L. Travers, a London author who is financially broke, visits Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney, who is keen to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the cinema. However, his methods do not meet her approval.
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Cast of Saving Mr. Banks
Emma Thompson
P.L. Travers
Tom Hanks
Walt Disney
Colin Farrell
Travers Robert Goff
Paul Giamatti
Ralph
Ruth Wilson
Margaret Goff
Jason Schwartzman
Richard Sherman
Bradley Whitford
Don DaGradi
Annie Rose Buckley
Ginty
B.J. Novak
Robert Sherman
Kathy Baker
Tommie
Lily Bigham
Biddy
Melanie Paxson
Dolly
Andy McPhee
Mr. Belhatchett
Rachel Griffiths
Aunt Ellie
Ronan Vibert
Diarmuid Russell
Fuschia Sumner
Flight Attendant
David Ross Paterson
Doctor
Laura Waddell
Woman with Infant
Barbara Keegan
Flight Attendant
Steven Cabral
Bank Clerk
Jerry Hauck
Premier Emcee
Michelle Arthur
Polly
Michael Swinehart
Porter
Bob Rusch
Doorman
Paul Tassone
Refreshment Tent Man
Luke Baines
Waiter
Demetrius Grosse
Bartender
Kim D'Armond
Katie Nanna
Mia Serafino
Young Woman
Claire Bocking
Nanny Claire
Dendrie Taylor
Lillian Disney
Kristopher Kyer
Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
Victoria Summer
Julie Andrews (uncredited)
Jaeden Bettencourt
Young Child-1906 (uncredited)
John Lee Hancock
Director
Kelly Marcel
Writer
Sue Smith
Writer
Ian Collie
Producer
Alison Owen
Producer
Philip Steuer
Producer
Saving Mr. Banks Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
May 14, 2025
Found the flashbacks a little confusing in the beginning, but once I understood what was happening it unfolded into a terrific story. The acting had me fully invested with characters, even found myself singing along with the movie.
Autostraddle
Laura Mandanas
The movie is charming and Emma Thompson, per usual, makes for an utterly endearing misanthrope. However, I have to question the decision to gloss over Travers' queer identity.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
... it follows the Disney modus operandi of ultimately exalting even the most unlikable characters in order to satisfy their traditional family audiences.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
It may be the most self-congratulatory bit of hagiography Hollywood has ever produced, and that's saying something.
Film Comment Magazine
Jonathan Romney
Saving Mr. Banks depicts cinema as a perverse nexus of capitalism and psychoanalysis.
Us Weekly
Mara Reinstein
Forget super. This bighearted and intelligent drama is supercalifragili. . . .you get the idea
Grantland
Wesley Morris
The whole thing leaves you with an appalling chill. It feels like a warning from Hollywood to the ambivalent creators of anything: Take the spoonful of sugar or we'll force-feed it to you.
National Catholic Register
Steven D. Greydanus
Hanks' Disney is a teddy bear; Thompson's Travers is a porcupine. They go together like apple pie and, oh, liver and onions. He lights up the charm...She refuses utterly to be charmed.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gail Pennington
Pencil Thompson in now for an Oscar nomination, and maybe a win, and prepare to leave the theater humming the iconic songs.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The sap doesn't run too thick, although it does run, and the movie certainly has a patented Disney upbeat feel much of the time. It's more a spoonful of sugar than medicine for aging baby boomer's souls.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Smart, delightful.
The New Republic
David Thomson
Saving Mr Banks is a merciless film. It hits you with every sentimental low blow it can think of. Then it pounds you again. And when you're down, it jumps on you.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Beneath Banks' crass self-aggrandizement lies a pretty charming portrait of two overly proud people butting creative heads. Yes, charming. That's what Disney does, and it does it well enough to turn even this condescending pap into something palatable.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
It's a hogwash justification for the Disney philosophy of filmmaking, but as delivered by the consummate pro Hanks, you find yourself halfway believing it.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
A good movie, buoyed by good performances from Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks and, almost as an afterthought, an especially affecting Colin Farrell.
Observer
Rex Reed
The screenplay, by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith, seamlessly captures two different eras with overlapping story lines that never intrude or confuse.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Just as Mary rescued the wilting Banks family, so Thompson saves the film. A spoonful of her medicine makes the sugar go down.
Dig Boston
Monica Castillo
The movie wrenches much too many artificial emotions, leaving an ooey-gooey, sappy aftertaste that isn't everyone's cup of tea.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Thompson gives one of the best performances of the year, showing us the insecurity and humanity and wit of a woman who is far more complex than she wishes to appear.
Slate
Dana Stevens
For a movie that's all about what a swell idea it was to adapt Mary Poppins for the screen, Saving Mr. Banks seems remarkably uninterested in what made the movie special.
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