Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Ben Whishaw: Michael Banks

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• Michael Banks : [after Georgie opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins's entrance; he stares partially open-mouthed]  Mary...

  Jane Banks : Poppins!

  Mary Poppins : Close your mouth, please, Michael, we are *still* not a codfish.

  [he does so, then Jane giggles briefly] 

  Mary Poppins : Jane Banks, still rather inclined to giggle, I see.

  [she sets her carpet bag down on a small couch] 

  Michael Banks : Good heavens, it really is you! You seem hardly to have aged at all!

  Mary Poppins : *Really*? How incredibly rude! One *never* discusses a woman's age, Michael. Would have hoped I taught you better.

  Michael Banks : I'm sorry, I didn't mean...

  Jane Banks : [interuppts]  You came back! I thought we'd never see you again.

  Michael Banks : It is wonderful to see you!

  Mary Poppins : [primping herself in the mirror]  Yes it 'tis, isn't it?

• Balloon Lady : Why don't you go first, sir?

  Michael Banks : Me? Oh no, those days are long behind me. I haven't held a balloon since I was a child.

  Balloon Lady : Then you've forgotten what it's like.

  Michael Banks : To hold a balloon?

  Balloon Lady : To be a child.

• Jane Banks : [to the children]  When your father and I were young, we used to imagine Mary Poppins could do all *sorts* of impossible things! Those things didn't really...

  Michael Banks : Happen?

  Jane Banks : No, of course not.

  Michael Banks : Ridiculous.

  [They say this oblivious to the fact that Mary Poppins is sliding up the bannister again behind them] 

• Ellen : [about the visiting lawyers]  The wolves are at the door.

  Michael Banks : What do they want?

  Ellen : Well, a good thrashing, if you ask me.

• Michael Banks : Did you have something to do with them trying to save the house?

  Mary Poppins : I never said a word. It was all the children's idea.

  Michael Banks : The whole time I've been looking after them, they've been looking after me. I had it all backward.

  Mary Poppins : A Banks family trait.

  Michael Banks : What was I thinking?

  Mary Poppins : Some people think a great deal too much. Of that I'm certain.

• Michael Banks : [as he gazes at the snow globe of St. Paul's Cathedral, then bringing out his and Jane's kite]  I honestly can't remember why we kept most of this stuff to begin with. Why on earth did we save this old, broken thing?

  Jane Banks : [snatching the kite away then smiling and gazing at it]  Don't you remember that kite? We used to love flying that with Mother and Father.

  Michael Banks : Well, it won't fly anymore. Out it goes; no looking back.

• Michael Banks : So you've been off filling the children's heads with stuff and nonsense?

• Michael Banks : [tearfully to Georgie, Anabel, and John]  We're about to lose our home! Everything's fallen to pieces since your mother...

• Georgie Banks : Father, Aunt Jane, come quick! Quickly!

  Michael Banks : [as he and Jane enter from upstairs]  What is it, Georgie?

  Jane Banks : Did something happen?

  Georgie Banks : I was flying the kite, and it got caught on a nanny!

  Jane Banks : Whatever are you talking about?

  Georgie Banks : [taking Michael by the hand and leading him and Jane downstairs]  Come, come look!

  Michael Banks : Wait, where did you get that kite?

  Georgie Banks : I found it in the park.

  [he opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins] 

  Georgie Banks : *She* kept it from blowing away.

• Ellen : How exactly am I supposed to make breakfast when there's nothing in the larder but pickled herrings and marmalade?

  Michael Banks : The groceries. I meant to go yesterday.

  Ellen : Very well. Pickled herrings for breakfast and marmalade for lunch.

• Michael Banks : [o Wilkins]  Don't you dare criticize my children! Don't you dare! They're not lying and you know it! If only I believed them sooner. So, go ahead, take the house! I have everything I need right here.