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Saving Mr. Banks Review – Brilliant story, Consummate Cast and Compelling Cinematography Lead to Cinematic Bliss

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What is it about this movie so many of us love so much? At first blush, it sounds boring as all get out. Disney woos a recalcitrant author of children’s books who reminds us of J. M. Barrie for film rights to her book. Now, it’s a sad person who doesn’t like Mary Poppins, but this back story to film rights? Who cares, right? It turns out a lot of us do. While it may not match the reality of a more complex and less happy story, the movie version is a story of freeing redemption. Mrs. Travers (neither the honorific nor the name are fully real) is released from the past, Mr. Banks is redeemed and, thus, Mrs. Travers’s love for her father. So it’s a great story with universal themes. What truly makes this a fabulous movie is the execution – it is told well. The cast is…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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