I'm back from a screening of the long-awaited sequel to the 1964 classic film. Mary Poppins Returns won't be released until December 19 so I guess real reviews are verboten right now…but I doubt anyone at Disney will be outraged if I say here that it's real, real good.
In fact, it's about as good as you could reasonably expect a follow-up to be with outstanding performances and visuals and songs and script and just about everything. If you can't imagine anyone but Julie Andrews in the title role or won't like that this version is a little darker and scarier, you won't enjoy yourself. You'll also be stubbornly depriving yourself of a wonderful time at the movies.