Mary Poppins (1964) (Disney) [VHS] [1965]

......with the stunning voice of a Julie Andrews, the children enjoying fantastical adventures jumping into pastel drawn pictures on the pavement.......chimney sweeps dancing and singing on roof tops......Dick Van Dyke on fine form.....playing Bert....and the old Banker.....The children laughing so much, they join Uncle up in the ceiling, giggling so much.The Bird Lady on the steps of St Paul’s.It is not how the book was written.......it is a classic in it’s own right.Walt Disney included his cartoon skills......it is beautiful and amazing.Every generation to enjoy together, and a classic for all subsequent generations!

Ok: the film is great, it's a timeless film and I really can't add anything that's not already said about it. That makes it 5 stars.BUT I really, really object after paying £6+ for the film to then have "adverts" for other films I don't wish for, or don't want my child to see.I've bought the DVD Disney forma legitimate business, I bought it because I want Mary Poppins, I really don't care about your other offerings, and when I do I'll contact you, don't waste my time having to skip the adverts. For that it's one star.

I bought this DVD for my 5 yr old grandaughter who came home from overseas at the beginning of July for her summer holidays. We were really looking forward to watching the film together and I hadn't even removed the paper packaging on the DVD. So great excitement .... which very very quickly turned to sadness and dismay and crossness on my part because the DVD didn't read at all: it kept stopping and I couldn't fast forward it or fast anything with it. If I never wrote before now to complain it is because I only tried to play the DVD 10 days ago .... bought well in advance of my grand-daughter's homecoming. REALLY REALLY REALLY angry to have received a faulty product.

What can I say but forSuperkalafrajalistikesspialadoshus ;)))))))Mary Poppins, one of Disney’s most charming movies ever. Glad I finally own a copy of this movie. I can never say a bad word about the movie Mary Poppins, it’s practically perfect in every way!!!!

This is one of the greatest films of all time, a searing depiction of the human damage caused by both capitalism and feminism. Its final vision, in which a (sarcastically?) kite-flying utopia sits alongside an apparently unaltered political structure, is thrillingly ambivalent. I think this is the film Teddy Adorno would have made if he had had more sympathy for singable tunes.

Classic film and was downloaded successfully. My daughter said that there was too much singing but it has not put her off going to the cinema to watch the remake/sequel!

Practically perfect in everyway! Always been a favourite film since it first appeared when I was only a toddler. Julie & Dick were the perfect acting, singing and dancing pair for this and nobody could replace them. A film you can watch time and time again and love it even more each time, especially with the animated animals included. The songs brilliant, my favourite "Feed the Birds" well it has to be when you own a parrot who sings along too! Recommend it for anyone of any age and worth a huge lot more than the price.

Inventive and enthused with quality all thru it, Mary Poppins holds up well over forty years since its release. The story is based on the Mary Poppins books written by Pamela Travers, and what a crackerjack story this adaptation turns out to be.Mother & Father Banks advertise for a nanny to tend their rowdy children. The children, after being less than impressed with previous holders of the post, decide to write their own advertisement. But Father Banks tears it up and puts it on the fire place ready for burning. The torn paper mysteriously floats up the chimney and finds its way to Mary Poppins who glides down from the sky with her umbrella to fill the vacancy. It's evident from this point that Mary is no ordinary nanny, and all she comes into contact with will have their lives changed for ever.Mary takes the children on a series of delightful journeys that take in meeting an array of interesting people and animals, and it's thru these wonderful escapades that we the audience live vicariously thru. The film has all the hallmarks of a Disney classic, wonderful songs from Richard & Robert Sherman, animation fusing delightfully with live action, colour to dazzle the eyes, and of course a charming and career making performance from Julie Andrews. Much has been made of Dick van Dyke's woeful cockney accent, and in truth it's almost cringe inducing, but his performance is so brim full of gusto and effervescent fun, we should surely let it go in the name of splendid entertainment values.The restoration job done on the 40th anniversary DVD does the film proud, and it's hopefully opened up the film to be seen more by the modern day audience, because Mary Poppins is an ode to joy, an ode to good behaviour, and basically an ode to being practically perfect--just like Mary herself actually.Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 9/10