Review of Saving Mr. Banks

I liked this a lot once I realized it is fantasy, rather than history. Disney and Mrs, Travers are both extreme caricatures. Disney is depicted as an overgrown, insensitive kid, a boob, rather than the actual "Hollywood's Dark Prince". The tape played at the end of the film shows that she was not nearly as whacked as played in the film. The California outdoor sequences and dialogue were stereotypical and silly, and the supporting actors playing Disney employees are also silly stereotypes. The obviously California landscape standing in for Australia was distracting, reminding one of movie made long ago when that was the practice.

The story of her troubled young life is touching, as is Disney's telling of his early life, leading to the eventual explanation of the title.