I thought the movie was excellent, and a wonderful recreation of 1961 LA, using the original locations (a triumph in ever-changing LA). Hate to disagree with him in this one review.
I wish that the reviews would stop portraying this film as some light-hearted depiction of Disney films. It had a much more serious, poignent theme — the effect of alcoholism on innocent members of the family and others. And how it continues through the generations.
I read up on P.L. Travers who ended up having a very unhappy life. She basically disinherited her only child and left her money to to her daughter in law with a fixed allowance for her son.
It was only because of the grace, generosity, and perserverance of Mr. Disney that she had any money to leave at all.