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Peter Pan (2003)

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77

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 141
Fresh: 109 | Rotten: 32

Solid if far from definitive, this version of Peter Pan is visually impressive, psychologically complex and faithful to its original source.

67

Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 12

Solid if far from definitive, this version of Peter Pan is visually impressive, psychologically complex and faithful to its original source.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 403,582

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Director P.J. Hogan (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding) helms this live-action retelling of J.M. Barrie's classic children's play Peter Pan. Starring Jeremy Sumpter (Frailty) in the title role, the film follows the adventures of the Darling children, Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Wood), John (Harry Newell), and Michael (Freddie Popplewell), as they are visited by the boy who never grows up and whisked away to Neverland, where they encounter The Lost Boys, Tinker Bell (Ludivine Sagnier), and the

May 4, 2004

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These ingredients are digitally present and correct, but Hogan fails to inject much excitement into the many boisterous action sequences.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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A dazzling retelling of the J.M. Barrie tale.

December 26, 2003 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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With only a few exceptions, the performances (and the script) range between dull and mediocre.

December 25, 2003
Washington Post
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In this incarnation, Peter is imbued with a greater degree of psychological darkness than before.

December 25, 2003
Washington Post
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Familiarity doesn't exactly breed contempt, yet despite the novelty of a real boy as Peter, the movie does engender a listless been-there / eaten-that reaction.

December 25, 2003 Full Review Source: USA Today
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A tribute to the power of good storytelling.

December 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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On the whole it's a pleasant thing, if hardly the definitive treatment of the source material.

July 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

It won't give Harry Potter a run for his money, but it beats the hell out of a Cannon & Ball panto in Skegness.

May 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Live-action version keeps its thrill and charm.

December 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Great performances, rollicking action and excitement, and a beautiful story kids will surely love...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

Siendo notorio el gusto de Hogan por las letras clásicas de Peter Pan y Wendy, el director sabe educir el alma del libro para llevarla al celuloide.

July 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Cinenganos
Cinenganos

PJ Hogan's lazy, logy Peter Pan states that not growing up is a tragedy, but presents neither evidence nor arguments.

May 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Low IQ Canadian

[I]t's an unfortunate time for a new version of Peter Pan to hit theaters, but those who can push all those King of Pop connections aside will be rewarded.

February 28, 2004 Full Review

Even if you don't believe in fairies, this movie will make a believer of you....timeless story gets a grand treatment, though some parents may balk at Hogan's darker tones.

February 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

It's not colourful, it's not fun, it's just a gaudy mess of bad aesthetic choices and cruddy CGI.

February 24, 2004 | Comments (2)

First off, the movie looks fantastic. The sets are amazing and the effects are wonderful.

February 7, 2004 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net
ComingSoon.net

Don't get caught somewhere in the middle, wandering around Neverland without a fairy guide.

February 1, 2004 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com
CinemaBlend.com

Gorgeously mounted and imagined, this new incarnation of Peter Pan has one gigantic flaw: Jeremy Sumpter, who plays Pan, cannot act at all.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com
FilmJerk.com

As smart and definitive a version as we're likely to see for a while, which is fine, if only because it casts an actual child actor instead of a creepy female man-child.

January 24, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

I loved every minute.

January 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

Hogan's adapation is likely faithful to a fault: it goes through the motions of the story without seeming to have any reason for telling it.

January 15, 2004 Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY
eye WEEKLY

This is the vision of Peter Pan that I would want in my head when I read the story.

January 15, 2004 Full Review
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...deliciously dark...

January 14, 2004 Full Review
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

An earnest and enjoyable entertainment that remains loyal to its source if not to those hoping for state-of-the-art special effects.

January 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf
Movie Boeuf

Peter Pan is so loaded with visual wonder that even when aspects of it fall short, it's gorgeous to behold.

January 13, 2004 Full Review

Audience Reviews for Peter Pan

Well it could have been worse. This film adaptation directed by P.J. Hogan is quite plastic and relies too much on the effects. I have always thoght that Steven Spielberg's overlooked and underrated Hook is the perfect example of how to do this kind of adventure film. Where Spielberg has always been a master of marrying great stories, big heart and fantastic effects into one great film, Hogan is completely lost with his material.

J.M. Barrie's legendary story of Peter Pan is one of the greatest and most beautiful tales ever told. It is a timeless classic that will live on and on, to the generation to another. This is what happens when filmmakers try to turn it into a something more closer to an circus fun. Certainly Barrie's story has much more heart than Hogan can capture to his adaptation. There is nothing wrong with characters that are supposed to be caricatures. The real problem is that none of these actors hold real charisma or talent to make it worthwile. Especilly Jeremy Sumpter is a wrong choice to play Peter Pan. He does not have boyish charisma that Pan should have. He is something closer to an young pop-idol than a real actor capturing the childlike innocense of the boy who never grows old.

Peter Pan does have power of injecting some warmth and heart to it's final frames, but credit from that goes to Barrie's story that is emotionally brilliant piece of literature. If you wanna see better film adaptation of Peter Pan then go and see Spielberg's Hook. That film might not be without it's flaws also but at least it has a real sense of good old adventure and awe in it.
February 23, 2013
emilkakko

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This is a different version than I am used to, but I liked it. I may be forced to read the book to determine what really happened. I have not quite figured out the significance of Wendy creating Captain Hook in the image of her father.
September 5, 2012
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    1. Smee: Wow. Two dead already.
    – Submitted by Claudia M (8 months ago)
    1. Peter Pan: To die will be an awfully big adventure.
    – Submitted by Carol L (12 months ago)
    1. Smee: Captain, the ice is melting, the sun is out, the flowers are all in bloom...
    2. Captain Hook: He's back.
    – Submitted by Erin D (15 months ago)
    1. Peter Pan: Forget the Wendy. Forget them all. Come away to Neverland.
    – Submitted by Erin D (15 months ago)
    1. Mr. Darling: It's time for you to grow up.
    – Submitted by Erin D (15 months ago)
    1. Peter Pan: I do believe in fairies. I do! I do!
    – Submitted by Erin D (15 months ago)

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