The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I really wanted to like this film as it's subject is a person who has given much joy to millions and started from nothing. I made it about 20 minutes before turning it off. It is at best a 3rd rate school production and at worst an embarrassment for all involved. I loved Saving Mr Banks and was hopeful that this would add more to the Disney story. Sadly it was just a horrible mistake. Very wooden acting from actors who should know better and extremely poor direction from a very inexperienced director. How the money was raised for make this with the directors track record amazes me. But in watching (at least some of) it, I can see nothing was spent on sets or locations. The dialogue was terrible and very poorly written. I could go on but I have given this dog enough of my attention already.

I was appalled, cruelly disappointed at how flat this movie was. I've always been an avid Disney fan. As a kid I used to devour Mickey and Donald comics and cartoons on TV. I find his movies magical. How could anyone depict the genius that the man was in such a dreary, drab fashion? There is absolutely no drama in the script or in the direction. The man himself is so terribly ordinary you wonder how such a man could have invented a whole new grammar of films, animation. Surely some of his craft, the humanness, joy of his movies would get reflected in his personality? But what comes across in the movie is a pedestrian character whose romance (I just read up after watching the movie that Walt and his wife were married for 41 years) is so incredibly facile, one dimensional and completely unromantic that I kept waiting for that one sublimely soulful moment that would make me realise what he saw in her - but we get absolutely no insight into their relationship just as there is very little camaraderie between his fellow animators though we are supposed to believe they are like a family. In short I have yet to see a movie which had such an exciting subject and such a dull, uninspired, shoddy treatment.

Stumbled upon this film on Netflix, As a Disney fan I was excited to watch it.The movie has a "beginner film maker" feel to it, but that is OK as that is essentially what it is.The film was simple and easy to watch, sure some of the acting was a little weak but I enjoyed it.I read all the reviews and people were way to harsh about this film.It was warm and sad with the expected happy endingSafe for family of all ages, however there is nothing here for kids.Watch it for what it is, enjoy it....

Don't let the preface of this movie deceive you. The director must have smoked some of that extra special, because he's on some next level garbage. No thumbs up; this makes me wish I was a leper. Kindergarten school play acting fools. Thomas Nicholas needs to stick to that satirical American Pie type 'ish for real. Walt doing triple back flips in his grave, or wait this dude was frozen right? He probably got shook and shattered that cryogenic chamber just to show the back of his Pedo hand to the directors like "SURPRISE DIANE".Do your self a favor and spend that hour and forty minutes with Donald Trumps wife so she can tell you stories about their sex life, because that's honestly probably less painful to take in. Imagine if Rosie O'Donald and Mr. Trump both had a sex reassignment surgery and switched parts then made a dominatrix tape that was leaked by Anonymous world wide like some U2 iTunes scam... still not as horrible as this movie. LOL it would probably be called "The Rosie O'Donald Trump Chronicles".