Finding Neverland (2004)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 201
Fresh: 166 | Rotten: 35
It won't pass muster for those looking for historical accuracy, but Finding Neverland is a warm, heartfelt drama with a charm all its own -- and Johnny Depp gives a graceful performance as Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 9
It won't pass muster for those looking for historical accuracy, but Finding Neverland is a warm, heartfelt drama with a charm all its own -- and Johnny Depp gives a graceful performance as Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie.
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Following up his critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, director Marc Forster took on this biography of playwright James Matthew Barrie, the scribe who penned the children's classic Peter Pan. Johnny Depp stars as the turn-of-the-century writer as the film follows Barrie as he struggles to write and have his play produced while he cares for his down-on-their-luck neighbors who inspired the story in the first place. J.M. Barrie's Neverland also stars Dustin Hoffman, Kate Winslet, and Julie
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Cast
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Johnny Depp
James Barrie -
Kate Winslet
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies -
Julie Christie
Emma du Maurier -
Radha Mitchell
Mary Ansell Barrie -
Dustin Hoffman
Charles Frohman -
Kelly Macdonald
"Peter Pan" -
Freddie Highmore
Peter Llewelyn Davies -
Ian Hart
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
Eileen Essell
Mrs. Snow -
Paul Whitehouse
Stage Manager -
Joe Prospero
Jack Llewelyn Davies -
Nick Roud
George Llewelyn Davies -
Luke Spill
Michael Llewelyn Davies -
Toby Jones
Smee -
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All Critics (203) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (166) | Rotten (35) | DVD (39)
Infused by an awkward decorum; the kind that descends on a gathering dominated by an unmentioned death or transgression.
Top CriticIf it didn't have Johnny Depp as its star, Finding Neverland would barely pass muster as an average PBS Masterpiece Theatre entry.
It's harmless cotton candy with pleasant turn-of-the-century décor, but I admit the Disney ambiance eventually wore me out and I spent a lot of time looking at my watch.
Finding Neverland is not exactly the way it happened, but this is a movie with a higher truth, one we need to believe in. And you will believe. You will.
Watchable and passably engaging.
Depp is a charm. He becomes his own, subtly compelling Barrie.
Not about Peter Pan, and not a kids' movie.
A heartfelt, beautiful film, and one of the best dramas I've seen in years.
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.
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A charming and dramatic tearjerker that's sweet without resorting to syrup.
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.
Clap your hands for a better script.
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.
'The jewel in the cast is 12-year-old Highmore. Not since Henry Thomas in "E.T." has such a young actor held the screen with such emotion.'
Audience Reviews for Finding Neverland
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- James Barrie: They can see it you know... You can't go on just pretending.
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- James Barrie: You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it.
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- James Barrie: Young boys should never be sent to bed... they always wake up a day older.
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