Mary Poppins: Critic Reviews

The grace of the effects makes it some kind of classic.

Julie Andrews' first appearance on the screen is a signal triumph and she performs as easily as she sings, displaying a fresh type of beauty nicely adaptable to the color cameras.

The sets are luxuriant, the songs lilting, the scenario witty but impeccably sentimental, and the supporting cast only a pinfeather short of perfection.

World's coolest nanny celebrates family and fun.

One of the best films ever produced by Disney, indeed one of the best American films of the 1960s... a fantasy of the most delicate touch and charming disposition.

With all the subtlety of Battleship Potemkin, a queue full of sour-faced old school nannies is shown blowing away into thin air to make way for the embodiment of modern female assertiveness.

Arguably, it already seemed dated by the early 1970s, within a decade of its 1964 release. Yet still, somehow, the substantial charms of Mary Poppins live on.

One of the greatest children's films ever.

The film was deservedly a mega-hit.

One of Disney's greats.

The first Disney movie ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, the musical received 13 nods. setting a record for musicals; My Fair Lady earned 12 nominations.

Compared to even 'sophisticated' juvenile fodder, the sheer exuberance of Disney's adaptation of PL Travers' children's classic should tickle the most jaded fancy.

Practically perfect in every way.

Classic Disney at his most lavish.

At her most startlingly beautiful here, Julie Andrews does not play the chipper, loving nanny people might expect or remember. She carefully layers a distantly dangerous and even spooky side to her character.

It's truly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mary Poppins is definitely worth popping for. (40th Anniversary Edition)

The message is clear: Everyone should take care of their jobs and responsibilities, but have fun as well.

Disney classic musical even concludes with a strengthened family flying kites together. Uplifting!

Even better than you remember, better than anyone could have hoped, better than almost any other movie of its kind.

Sophisticated yet wide open to its audience, with exciting dance sequences and inviting performances.

A lot of fun -- for kids and adults, alike.