The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Mary Poppins Returns
Fantasy · Family · Comedy · 2018
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Movie details
Mary Poppins Returns
“Magic always returns.”
2018 Fantasy · Family · Comedy 2h 11m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Mary Poppins Returns?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Rob Marshall
Written by
David Magee · Rob Marshall · John DeLuca
Emily Blunt
Mary Poppins
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jack
Ben Whishaw
Michael Banks
Emily Mortimer
Jane Banks
Pixie Davies
Annabel
Nathanael Saleh
John
Joel Dawson
Georgie
Court is in session
Put Mary Poppins Returns on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.