As wonderful as the original, telling a new story with equally important lessons about family, love, and hope.

For first-time Mary Poppins viewers, especially young ones, the messages in Mary Poppins Returns about seeing the world through curious eyes will be refreshing and fun.

It may seem unfair to compare the two movies, yet this sequel, with its deliberate nods to the original, is made to encourage just that. I think it's what the filmmakers expect us to do.

Blunt gives the character a little bit of a different spine, thus making the character her own.