In Theaters ****^ Mary Poppins Returns
Emily Blunt wows as Mary Poppins and Lin-Manuel Miranda thrills as Jack, the Lamp Lighter and former apprentice of Bert from the original film. And the Banks family is made up of Michael, (Ben Whishaw) and his sister Jane (Emily Mortimer) who are in the original but now 25 years older. Michael is a widower. He has three children, Anabel (Pixie Davies), John (Nathanael Saleh) and Georgie (Joel Dawson). Meryl Streep also portrays a cameo, cousin of Mary Poppins, Topsy, who is a fix-it person. Michael has borrowed money against the bank, and the bank president (Colin Firth) is intent on taking the home, even if he has to hide stock records to do so. ALs taking cameo rolls are Dick Van Dyck (bank president’s boss) and Angela Lansbury, balloon seller. With this cast and Mary Poppins story we are in for a ride. It seems P.L. Travers published eight Mary Poppins books in all with many stories. Sheri really loved the music, but it still isn’t in my head like some of the original songs. I need to return to see this again.
