MARY POPPINS RETURNS | Disney | 12.19.18 | Rob Marshall directing | Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel Miranda

[Eric Duncan]

Variety (positive, with some reservations)

https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-1203085530/

 

Hollywood Reporter (Positive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mary-poppins-returns-review-1167792

 

A.V. Club (C+)

https://www.avclub.com/a-spoonful-of-nostalgia-helps-the-calculated-mary-poppi-1831031216

 

Vox (2.5/5)

https://www.vox.com/2018/12/12/18136044/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-lin-manuel-miranda

 

Indiewire (C+)

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-lin-manuel-miranda-1202027350/

 

USA Today (3/4)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/12/12/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-endlessly-charming-iconic-nanny/2278478002/

 

 

[Eric Duncan]

General consensus seems to be "Blunt is amazing, but it retreads a lot from the last movie." Will likely still have positive RT and MC scores, but the Best Picture talk is probably off the table. And of course, audiences will probably be way more into it.

[VTKajin]

I wonder how many critics won't give it a pass for unoriginality. 

[terrestrial]

I only read Indiewire (made circles with the mouse over your list and picked 'blind'), he has some interesting things to say, but he started out as a non-fan of the first film I think (???), so he might be a bit more critical ????

Might be interesting to read reactions by users here and compare those later to his review?

[MrGamer]

Reviews are about what I expected. Still going to make a killing at the box office.

[titanic2187]

How the hell this less enthusiastic review rating give this movie AFI top 10 and Golden Globe nomination even before it was released? 

[MrGlass2]

4 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

How the hell this less enthusiastic review rating give this movie AFI top 10 and Golden Globe nomination even before it was released? 

Well it is at 86% on RT. Also Di$ney.

[DMan7]

[ThomasNicole]

7.8 average

it's doing great

 

% probably will go up

[Eric Duncan]

I know I've stated this before, but might as well state it again. With Aquaman and Mary Poppins finally having reviews out, all of the big four movies for this holiday season have positive critical reception. Aquaman, Poppins, Spider-Verse, Bumblebee. Spider-Verse is even garnering best of the year raves.

 

Last year, Greatest Showman had mixed reviews, while Pitch Perfect 3 was dire, while 2016 had both Passengers and Why Him? earn negative reviews.

 

Hopefully audiences will feel the same way with these four, and we see some real sexy legs in store.

[VTKajin]

I see 78% with 32 reviews. The shocking thing is that the average score is 7.8. How often does this happen? Seems like a lot of rotten mixed reviews. 

[narniadis]

Retread or not, some critics would never be favorable to the overly optimistic missive that is the Mary Poppins (by disney) m.o. 🤷‍♂️ just how it is. 

[Lucas]

With a high avg rating like this, I'm expecting the percentage to go up.

[Rebeccas]

11 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

How the hell this less enthusiastic review rating give this movie AFI top 10 and Golden Globe nomination even before it was released? 

wait until Vice reviews drop.

 

also Bohemian Rhapsody kind of kills most of this year's credibility for critical weight.

[terrestrial]

 

9 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

How the hell this less enthusiastic review rating give this movie AFI top 10 and Golden Globe nomination even before it was released? 

Maybe especially the very few GG critics loved it? Never looked into who stands behind the AFI thing.

 

Majority of what I've seen in www seems to love it for now. We will see where it ends, or?

 

[Nova]

4 minutes ago, VTKajin said:

I see 78% with 32 reviews. The shocking thing is that the average score is 7.8. How often does this happen? Seems like a lot of rotten mixed reviews. 

Usually a 7.8 warrants a 90%+ RT score. I guess people gave it really high scores and loved it while others gave it average scores but it was rated rotten on RT. 

[terrestrial]

hmmm the rotten ones might have acknowledged some good acting or whatever, stayed in the middle-ground trend to up but still gave it a rotten for being too .... fill in and the fresh giver leaning in complete (of the ones already released) to a more positive view?

Edited December 12, 2018 by terrestrial

[The Panda]

Reviews are not as great I was expecting given the awards hype.

[La Binoche]

3 hours ago, KJsooner said:

Which means it’ll be awesome and an opening day movie for me!

Lmao 

 

It sucks ass 

 

Rob Marshall is a hack 

 

Emily Blunt is a non-event in the movie, both in terms of screen time and presence. 

 

 

[ThomasNicole]