This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The heart of the story was there, but however, the way the story was presented was not. It felt like a cheap Hallmark movie. Even though the shots were fine, the direction the actors were forced to take, the movie score, and the desperate attempt to make you feel emotion was VERY cringe worthy. That's something the story should do itself. Throughout the film, the movie continually tried to squeeze some 'inspirational' piece of crap, line of dialogue to pull at your heartstrings, and it ultimately failed. The movie took me two days to watch because I was so bored 75% through the film that I couldn't finish it in one sitting. That is a movie sin that even God can't forgive. If you can't entertain the viewer, why are you making films? The movie was released in 2015 and it just so happened that I came across it on Netflix. I wondered why I never heard of it, but now I know. I don't recommend this film on any scale, but because I'm a fan of accuracy, I feel it's the only redeeming quality of this film. 6/10, just below average.

I love Disney and joy he has brought to the world and this film fails to capture any of the magic in any form. Poor casting for Walt and Roy. Ub Iwerks had a nickname of crazy hair (in this movie) but his hair was not crazy at all. Just awful doesn't sum it up enough. I have no idea how anyone not associated with the film gave this a positive review. Even if you look past the bad casting, horrific dialogue and stiff acting and just try and focus on the actual story..... Good luck actually following it. It's like they tried to literally include every chapter of the book in summary form and ignored flow and story. It's like 2 hours of shorts put together hoping to make a feature length movie. The film is also very dark visually, it's like.... what the hell. The Flashback scene to the Elias Disney (Who was a hard-ass) are amateur hour on display. the whole things JUST AWFUL - YUCK!!!!!Also, the real Walt Disney was 5'10" but somehow the director made Thomas Nichols look like midget throughout the entire film and especially standing next to the 6'1 Jon Heder. (Is Thomas Nicols that short? if so why the hell is he playing Walt Disney?I really wanted to like this film..... BUT IT SUCKS!!! HARD!!!

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I've never written a review before, but I felt the need to because it was so horrible. So bad, don't you dare click play on it on Netflix if that's the same way you came upon it as I did.The acting. The acting, the acting, the f******* acting is so bad. I seriously had to look up if this movie was supposed to be a satire because there's no way the acting could be this bad. I could drive to my local elementary school, grab 3 special ed children, hand them a book about Walt Disney, and they could put together a better film. I swear to god it's the worst acting I've ever seen in a movie.Now I did give it 2 stars for a reason. Because it should be labeled as a comedy. It's very DRY humor, very dry. But if you happen to be on drugs or high, I could see this movie being entertaining for you. I watched it all the way through out of boredom, and because it was kind of funny.

I actually had to stop watching half way through because the film was so painful to watch. I think my biggest mistake was watching "Saving Mr Banks" the night before watching this film. Walt Before Micky certainly tried to recapture the magic so easily conveyed in Saving Me Banks yet failed miserably. Not only were the portrayals of these real people wildly inaccurate, the acting was completely wooden. Everything about the script, direction and acting screamed inexperience and was reminiscent of a school production. I am very disappointed as this could have been a charming film in much the same way Saving Mr Banks made the history of Disney come alive, alas this time around it failed miserably; hopefully one day a remake will do this story justice!