Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

To ensure her intrepid nanny gets the proper dry treatment — no “silly cartoons” — Travers spends two weeks in 1961 in Los Angeles on the Disney lot duking it out with Disney, screenwriter Don DaGradi (Bradley Whitford) and song and lyrics men the Sherman brothers (B.J. Novak and Jason Schwartzman). All too brief, this section never realizes its potential for great insight into the creative process or even the truer, sadder story — how Travers lost the battle for the soul of Mary Poppins. Read the full review here.