Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · 126 min · Director: John Lee Hancock
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
When Walt Disney's (Tom Hanks') daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' (Emma Thompson's) "Mary Poppins", he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take twenty years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles, California to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all of the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Richard M. Sherman (Jason Schwartzman) and Robert B. Sherman (B.J. Novak), Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing movies in cinematic history.
Emotional fingerprint
Saving Mr. Banks (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Sadness. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Joy
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Joy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 37 % | 18 % | 12 % | 15 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Humor | 39 % | 19 % | 11 % | 18 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Humor | 40 % | 15 % | 8 % | 16 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Humor | 40 % | 15 % | 6 % | 16 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 39 % | 19 % | 8 % | 19 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Humor | 38 % | 19 % | 8 % | 21 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Humor | 40 % | 20 % | 13 % | 21 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 45 % | 29 % | 25 % | 18 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Sadness | 49 % | 39 % | 38 % | 15 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Sadness | 50 % | 43 % | 41 % | 15 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sadness | 56 % | 48 % | 45 % | 13 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 61 % | 51 % | 50 % | 13 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Sadness | 55 % | 40 % | 36 % | 25 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Joy | 54 % | 31 % | 23 % | 40 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Joy | 63 % | 44 % | 38 % | 36 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Sadness | 73 % | 65 % | 59 % | 23 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 104′ | Empathy | 73 % | 66 % | 50 % | 26 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 110′ | Joy | 68 % | 55 % | 38 % | 40 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 117′ | Sadness | 60 % | 46 % | 39 % | 35 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 123′ | Humor | 43 % | 30 % | 27 % | 20 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
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Flight Attendant
Doctor
Woman with Infant
Flight Attendant
Bank Clerk
Details
- Directed by
- John Lee Hancock
- Written by
- Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith, Kelly Marcel
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2013
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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