I don’t think I can be objective on this one, guys. The original Mary Poppins is such an emotionally charged part of my childhood that I honestly teared up when Dick Van Dyke mentioned “two tuppence for the pigeon lady.” But bottom line: Rob Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns was sweet. Not all of it worked as well as I think the filmmakers hoped—I love Meryl but WOW her Topsy Turvey number was dreadful and unnecessary—but the parts that work REALLY worked. The china vase sequence made my chest hurt for the old days of 2-D Disney animation. (Well, that and Emily Blunt in a bob-cut. I’m only HUMAN, guys!) But it’s obvious the people who made this film didn’t treat it like a cynical cash grab or hollow franchise installment. There’s a lotta love in this film, and it shows.
Rating: 6/10
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