Peter Pan (1953)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 7
Though it doesn't delve deeply into the darkness of J.M. Barrie's tale, Peter Pan is a heartwarming, exuberant film with some great tunes.
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1
Though it doesn't delve deeply into the darkness of J.M. Barrie's tale, Peter Pan is a heartwarming, exuberant film with some great tunes.
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A pet project of Walt Disney's since 1939, this animated version of James M. Barrie's Peter Pan reached full fruition in 1953. Eschewing much of Barrie's gentle whimsy (not to mention the more sinister aspects of the leading character), Disney and his staff fashioned a cheery, tuneful cartoon extravaganza, which cost $4 million and reaped several times that amount. The straightforward story concerns the Darling family, specifically the children: Wendy, Michael and John. Wendy enjoys telling her
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Animation, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Clyde Geronimi , Wilfred Jackson
Milt Banta, William Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner
Feb 5, 1953 Wide
Mar 6, 2007
Walt Disney
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Cast
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Bobby Driscoll
Peter Pan -
Kathryn Beaumont
Wendy -
Hans Conried
Capt. Hook, Mr. Darling -
Bill Thompson
Mr. Smee -
Heather Angel
Mrs. Darling -
Paul Collins
John -
Tommy Luske
Michael -
Candy Candido
Indian Chief -
Tom Conway
Narrator -
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (8) | DVD (26)
Disney's depersonalizing habit of putting different teams in charge of different sections of the story really shows up here.
Ornamented with some bright and lilting tunes, it is a lively feature-length Technicolor excursion into a world that glows with an exhilarating charm and a gentle joyousness.
Top CriticA feature cartoon of enchanting quality.
Disney's playful, scatterbrained variation on J.M. Barrie's play and novel soars on Blu-ray with an expectedly superb A/V transfer and a treasure trove of extras.
I always thought Peter Pan was supposed to be about childhood innocence. Pan and Tinkerbell were not sweet and cuddly, they both came across as selfish, cold and really unlikable bullies.
plays as less of a child fantasy of soaring adventure than it does as a retrograde narcissistic adult male fantasy of being desired and pursued by every female in the room
Who wants their son taking his cues from this meanspirited "hero"?
Much like Dumbo, the film still suffers from a slew of embarrassingly racist moments in the midsection.
Years later it's still a treasure, because of Disney and his artists' talent for creating memorable characters.
Stereotypes mar otherwise jaunty Disney adventure.
Not an especially mature film, probably the most "kiddie movie" of all the 1950s Disney features.
Classic Disney, if not authentic Barrie.
Definitely a Disney classic but misses out much of the darker side of J.M.Barrie's fantasy tale.
A wonderful movie.
The Walt Disney Company has broken the vaults wide open to add a plethora of fascinating historic artifacts to make this new Platinum Edition a must-own for any Disney collector.
I have to give a special shout-out to Tinkerbell, a Disney creation that I never fully appreciated as a child.
I won't grow up...at least so long as Disney continues to put out Platinum Editions that allow me the opportunity to speculate on the loneliness of cartoon characters' self-imposed celibacy.
Never Land? More like Never-Gon-Git-It Land.
...the film is colorful, spirited fun and provides its own particular delights. (2-Disc Platinum Edition)
Audience Reviews for Peter Pan
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- Narrator: All this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
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- Capt. Hook: You will go ashore, pick up Tinkerbell, and bring her to me... UNDERSTAND?
- Mr. Smee: Aye, aye cap'n!
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- Peter Pan: Say your prayers, Hook!
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