Critical Analysis of the Film Mary Poppins

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Critical Analysis of the Film Mary Poppins

            Mary Poppins is perhaps the most popular musical film in history. As the central piece to eight storybooks, the musical represents the 24^th most successful motion picture in American release. The film was successful because the directors employed new techniques that explored the unconscious realms of the audience’s capacity to comprehend, admit, release and repair individual life aspects. In meaning, the techniques gave a more enhanced sense of wholeness and connection. The movie is referred to as the first films to open the viewer’s doors to the ‘unconscious’. The character Mary Poppins in her musical feat, quaint witticisms and catchy melodies develops positive moods such as the feelings of jolliness. Music in the film is employed to change the plain and vain depiction of the main character to one of grand kindness, wit, and sweetness. The music, in general, helps transform a plain British family narrative to an American Disneyland fictional play.

Mary Poppins is a mythical entity that guides the soul between the conscious and unconscious realms to assist children activate their imagination and subsequently overcome cultural constraints. Music draws children to the narrative as screenplay events such as the interaction with Jung’s imaginary friends allows the film to stimulate their curiosity. The movie gives the viewer an unreal experience because of its mystic appeals. The repetitive encouragement given by the protagonist through music challenges the viewer to apply the wisdom in the unreal experiences in real life. In meaning, the musical film is a general process of learning, acceptance and integration allowing the bridging of the internal and external spiritual and material worlds. Imagination and critical thinking are the central themes employed to generate the heightened senses of wholeness and connection.