Review of Mary Poppins Returns (2018) by Jessica K — 22 Dec 2018

First of all, Emily Blunt's performance as Mary Poppins is excellent. She makes this famous character her own by just embodying her. She seems more like somebody who actually cares about these children.

The ending shows this the best. Also in the song "Where the Lost Things Go" they show her caring for the children a way that the original didn't show. I also have to applaud Lin-Manuel Miranda, who played Jack, performance in this film.

You could easily tell that he was having fun with his character. I just wished we got to see his character more. I'm glad that they didn't change the special effects in this film and kept it in the style of the 1964 one.

They did put a slight modern day look to it but it was still the same style at the end of the day. Now some people say that none of the songs in this aren't catchy and I argue over that. I would say that all but a few songs are catchy.

The only non-catchy songs are the ones that are a bit slower and "Turning Turtle." All the other songs are energetic and have great choreography to go with them. Marc Shaiman also composed the original score for this film and it's just as magical.

During the opening credits you can hear his score and in it, there are hints to the songs from the first film. The production design on each of the sets looks straight out of the first. I just wished they took a bit more care in making the house look more like the original.

There are some obvious details to it that make it not look similar. For one the entryway is entirely different. They had some unique transitions between the scenes of the real world and imagination. The atmosphere in this film was excellent.

In each scene, it gave off the correct type of atmosphere that you would feel in that situation. Finally, I think there were a few scenes that could have been cut out and it wouldn't have affected the movie.

Mainly because they did nothing with it later on. In the end, Mary Poppins Returns is an excellent film that is just as great as the first one. I give Mary Poppins Returns a 8.5/10.