Saw Mary Poppins Returns with the kids and it was practically boring in every way. The near dozen songs—which were all utterly forgettable the moment the music stopped—and some of the acting made for a long droning mess of a production. It was one of the few movies I've been to over the last several years where I was looking at my watch through many of the scenes hoping the next one would get to ending that was being foreshadowed heavily through every act. I get that a sequel to one of Hollywood's classic films is hard to pull off 50 years later, but the whole plot felt like a paint-by-numbers routine attempting to rekindle some of the 60's era magic. I had heard that Disney was using cutting edge technology in CGI for this film, but it didn't feel ground-breaking or original. In fact, my oldest said she thought they were just trying to use the same effects used in the original but it just looked comical in the execution.
I would recommend waiting for this one to hit Redbox or Netflix.
On the other hand, my wife took our oldest to see Bumblebee this afternoon and they both said it was outstanding. My wife isn't a big fan of Transformers, but my daughter wanted her to go see it, so it must have been good if she came back all smiles (and apparently the 80's soundtrack helped with her enjoyment for the film).