Mary Poppins (1964)
7/10
A Classic Family Movie
11 April 2004
I remember seeing MARY POPPINS as a child many years ago and you did too so there`s no need to rake over the plot which in many ways is a great pity because I`ll have to find a couple of paragraphs in order to meet the IMDB guidelines . The problem arises down to the fact that it`s impossible for this bitter cynical adult to remember the impact of the naive beauty and charm of this movie had on me all those years ago which is a shame

Of course it`s easy to scoff at this movie now , in fact it`s fashionable to laugh out loud at Dick Van Dyke`s " Cor blimey Mary Poppins " cockney accent. Worse it`s probably fashionable to laugh out loud at Dick Van Dyke`s surname but come on guys it`s the naive charm of MARY POPPINS that makes it a classic family movie , who can`t be failed to be bowled over by the engaging animated sequences of the human characters getting served by those penguins or the memorable scene of the chimney sweeps dancing around the rooftops , sure as hell no one is going to confuse this movie with BLACK HAWK DOWN

Despite my praise this isn`t the best Disney film ever made , that honour goes to the one with James Mason and the giant squid but it`s a great throwback to less cynical times
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