A heartfelt, beautiful film, and one of the best dramas I've seen in years.
Finding Neverland (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 194
Fresh: 160
Rotten:34
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus: A charming, moving, and powerful bio of Peter Pan creator James Barrie.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for mild thematic elements and brief language
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Nov 12, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $51,613,985
Synopsis: The boundless imagination of the man behind "Peter Pan" and the poignancy of his journey combine in this emotional tale inspired by events in the life of Scottish author James Mathew Barrie. In... The boundless imagination of the man behind "Peter Pan" and the poignancy of his journey combine in this emotional tale inspired by events in the life of Scottish author James Mathew Barrie. In FINDING NEVERLAND, director Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball") and an accomplished cast including Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie take a fictional look at the creation of "Peter Pan," the classic of children's literature that speaks directly to the child in all of us. FINDING NEVERLAND traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties and heartbreak of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never grows up. It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (DEPP) watches his latest play open to a ho-hum reaction among the polite society of Edwardian England. A literary genius of his times but bored by the same old themes, Barrie is clearly in need of some serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds it one day during his daily walk with his St. Bernard Porthos in London's Kensington Gardens. There, Barrie encounters the Llewelyn Davies family: four fatherless boys and their beautiful, recently widowed mother (WINSLET). Despite the disapproval of the boys' steely grandmother Emma du Maurier (CHRISTIE) and the resentment of his own wife (RADHA MITCHELL), Barrie befriends the family, engaging the boys in tricks, disguises, games and sheer mischief, creating play-worlds of castles and kings, cowboys and Indians, pirates and castaways. He transforms hillsides into galleon ships, sticks into mighty swords, kites into enchanted fairies and the Llewelyn Davies boys into "The Lost Boys of Neverland." From the sheer thrills and adventurousness of childhood will come Barrie's most daring and renowned masterwork, "Peter Pan." At first, his theatrical company is skeptical. While his loyal producer Charles Frohman (HOFFMAN) worries he'll lose his shirt on this children's fantasy, Barrie begins rehearsals only to shock his actors with such unprecedented requests as asking them to fly across the stage, talk to fairies made out of light and don dog and crocodile costumes. Then, just as Barrie is ready to introduce the world to "Peter Pan," a tragic twist of fate will make the writer and those he loves most understand just what it means to really believe. -- © Miramax Films [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Radha Mitchell, Ian Hart
Director: Marc Forster
Director: Marc Forster
Screenwriter: David Magee
Producer: Nellie Bellflower, Richard N. Gladstein
Composer: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Studio: Miramax Films
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Mar 22, 2005
Reviews for Finding Neverland
Like Big Fish and The Neverending Story, this is a film that reminds us that life, coloured by our perceptions, is what we make it; all we have to do is believe.
Johnny Depp makes another run at the Oscar in the shoes of author-playwright J.M. Barrie.
Finding Neverland is about hanging on to that belief in something that transcends the empirical world. It's a small, gentle, graceful motion picture.
A charming and dramatic tearjerker that's sweet without resorting to syrup.
Infused by an awkward decorum; the kind that descends on a gathering dominated by an unmentioned death or transgression.
Plenty of narrative liberties have been taken. It doesn't matter a jot. At heart, this isn't a biography anyway, it's an ode to the power of the imagination.
A nicely played family entertainment with perhaps more mystery than it knows what to do with.
The only spark of genuine humanity appears at the very end, but by that time most great opportunities of FINDING NEVERLAND are already lost.
The film's about knowing where your inner child is and letting it out to explore great worlds of adventure.
'En una época tan falta de historias agradables, que rejuvenezcan el espíritu humano y nos transporten a lo mejor de nuestra infancia, un filme como este es perfecto'
The film is incredibly manipulative both in its script and execution, but despite this we do feel for the characters.
Interestingly and movingly hints at the sad future fate of his Lost Boys, but it's too timid to follow up on those dark portents.
Finding Neverland is sentimental, to be sure, but a wonderful find for the patient viewer.
Se queda grabada en el alma, esa alma que debiera seguir con polvos mágicos en vez de sólo empolvándose con el paso del tiempo.
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