![]() ![]() And that cousin who sings and dances and hangs upside down is none other than that jack-of-all-accents, Meryl Streep. Or the ride through the bumpy terrain with a crew of hand-drawn animated animals to get their broken Royal Daulton bowl repaired by Mary’s Russian-accented cousin. Such as the lovely underwater fantasy that they dive to from their bathtub. They enliven the imaginative technicolor adventures that they enjoy with their nanny. ![]() Three bright spots in this cheerless ensemble are the three Banks children: the twins, Anabel (Pixie Davies), and John (Nathanael Saleh), and their small rambunctious brother, Georgie (Joel Dawson). And “The Place Where Lost Things Go” is the family’s poignant tribute to a missing and much-loved mother. Although the opening number, “Lovely London Sky” accompanies a dazzling showcase of London buildings and streets at their very best. They haven’t the pizzazz of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious nor the joie de vivre of Chim Chim Cheree… They are simply lumpy and tuneless. ![]() The current songs, by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, are unmemorable and unsingable. She does have a sweet voice, however, but the songs are a far cry from the all-time greats provided by Richard and Robert Sherman for the original “Mary Poppins”. As directed by Rob Marshall, Blunt can’t seem to reconcile her persona between brusque and bossy and smugly “adorable”. ![]()
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