Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay written by David Magee and a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca.

Plot
Now an adult with three children, bank teller Michael Banks learns that his house will be repossessed in five days unless he can pay back a loan. His only hope is to find a missing certificate that shows proof of valuable shares that his father left him years earlier. Just as all seems lost, Michael and his sister receive the surprise of a lifetime when Mary Poppins -- the beloved nanny from their childhood -- arrives to save the day and take the Banks family on a magical, fun-filled adventure.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It brings back the charm and tone of the original film.
 * 2) Beatiful and emotional story with a sense of nostalgia.
 * 3) Easter eggs and callbacks here and there to the original film, like the Banks' kite, a mention to Bert the Chimney Sweep and even an appearance of the Penguins.
 * 4) Good acting, especially Emily Bunt as Mary Poppins.
 * 5) * In regards to the characters who got recasted along with Mary, their replacements did a good job, especially Ben Wishaw as Michael Banks and Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks.
 * 6) Well-done musical numbers, with a special mention to "Can You Imagine That?", "A Cover is Not the Book" and "Trip a Little Light Fantastic".
 * 7) A well-written villain.
 * 8) Contains a hand-drawn animated sequence even though nowadays most films use computer-generated animation.
 * 9) The special effects of today's world allow the film to create stunning visuals and scenes that Walt Disney himself could have only dreamed of while making the original film.
 * 10) Most characters are likable, especially John, Annabel and Georgie.
 * 11) Cousin Topsy's scenes is fun and resembles Uncle Albert's scene from the original film.
 * 12) Dick Van Dyke's climatic cameo as Mr. Dawes Jr., coupled with his dance number despite his advanced age, is amazing and heartwarming.
 * 13) * Karen Dotrice's cameo, despite being very quick, in which she appears as an older lady who talks to Jane, is also a nice reference because she is technically meeting with her replacement.
 * 14) Nostalgic and poignant scenes, like when Mr. Dawes Jr. recalls what happened with Michael's tuppence and what George did with it.
 * 15) A cheerful ending.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sometimes it can feel like a rehash of the original film.
 * 2) Mary Poppins can come as a bit unlikable in some scenes in comparison to the first film, though this depiction is more closer to the Mary Poppins from the original books.
 * 3) * Special mentions goes during the climax, Mary Poppins could have flown to change the Big Ben's hour instead of allowing Jack to endanger his life and do it. Instead, Mary does nothing and Jack nearly kills himself by doing it, which can come as a bit apathetic and careless.
 * 4) Jack the Lamplighter, although likable, can feel like a carbon copy of Bert the Chimney Sweep.
 * 5) Julie Andrews doesn't make any kind of cameo appearance, though it should be noted that she was offered to make one, but declined to not overshadow Emily Blunt's performance with her presence.
 * 6) Meryl Streep's casting as Cousin Topsy seems like a wasted talent, given Topsy's minimal role in the plot.

Reception
Mary Poppins Returns received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised the performances of the cast (particularly that of Blunt), direction, visuals, musical score, musical numbers, costume design, production values, visual effects (especially the animated segments), and sense of nostalgia, although some found it derivative of its predecessor. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79% based on 361 reviews, with an average rating of 7.27/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Mary Poppins Returns relies on the magic of its classic forebear to cast a familiar – but still solidly effective – family-friendly spell". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 54 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".