SAVING MR. BANKS

SAVING MR. BANKS IS A 2013 AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN-BRITISH HISTORICAL COMEDY-DRAMA FILM DIRECTED BY JOHN LEE HANCOCK AND WRITTEN BY KELLY MARCEL AND SUE SMITH. THE FILM STARS EMMA THOMPSON AS AUTHOR P. L. TRAVERS AND TOM HANKS AS FILMMAKER WALT DISNEY, WITH SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES FROM PAUL GIAMATTI, JASON SCHWARTZMAN, BRADLEY WHITFORD, B. J. NOVAK, AND COLIN FARRELL.

THE FILM IS ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. L. TRAVERS REFLECTS ON HER CHILDHOOD AFTER RELUCTANTLY MEETING WITH WALT DISNEY, WHO SEEKS TO ADAPT HER MARY POPPINS BOOK FOR THE BIG SCREEN.

THE FILM RECEIVED GENERALLY POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM CRITICS. THOMPSON'S PERFORMANCE WAS CRITICALLY PRAISED AND HAS EARNED HER NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS SUCH AS BAFTA AWARD, CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD, AND SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD. METACRITIC GAVE THE FILM A SCORE OF 65/100.



                                                        PERSONAL REVIEW

DIRECTION                               :   7.0/10

SCREENPLAY                           :   7.0/10

PERFORMANCE                       :   8.0/10

EDITING                                     :   6.0/10

MUSIC                                         :   8.0/10

CINEMATOGRAPHY               :   6.0/10

GENERAL                                   :   5.0/10


OVERALL                                                :  6.7/10 (GENERALLY FAVORABLE REVIEW)