When it comes right down to it, kids don't really care. They just want to see a good story full of compelling characters, and Return To Never Land is that.
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02/15/02
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Return to Never Land (2002)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:40
Rotten:48
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: With its forgettable songs and lackluster story, this new Pan will surely entertain kids, but will feel more like a retread to adults.
Theatrical Release:Feb 15, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $48,325,822
Synopsis: Return to Never Land opens a new chapter in Walt Disney’s classic “Peter Pan”, as once more we take a magical journey to a place where we never grow up. And even though some years have passed since... [More]
Starring: Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Blayne Weaver, Kath Soucie
Director: Ian Harrowell
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Reviews for Return to Never Land
A lively movie with unusual depth of character...
02/15/02
Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version (no more racist portraits of Indians, for instance), but the excitement is missing.
02/15/02
Certainly capable of entertaining the little ones and clearly nowhere as bad as I feared before seeing it, the film obviously isn't a classic, but it's an enjoyable diversion that most adults probably won't mind sitting through.
02/15/02
There's something winning about an animation that doesn't try to top itself, knock us over or dazzle critics. And Return to Never Land doesn't even try.
02/15/02
What's pleasing about the movie is how faithful it is to the old charms, and how unpretentiously it gets the old groove going.
02/15/02
If you know kids who are insisting on a return trip to Never Land ... you'd do the kids a bigger favor by renting either the Mary Martin or Cathy Rigby version of the original stage show.
02/15/02
Boomers and their kids will have a Barrie good time.
02/15/02
Top CriticAs handsome and playful as the movie often is, it's another example of the let's-further -exploit-a-hit genre.
02/15/02
There apparently wasn't enough pixie dust to go around, for the magic runs out in the film's interminable middle portion, leaving the viewer with bittersweet thoughts of what might have been.
02/15/02
The Peter Pan sequel seemed like plenty of hyper images flapping around an essentially boring storyline.
02/15/02
Preceded by a 1957 Pluto short, Never Land is a warmly nostalgic throwback.
02/15/02
Top CriticAn eminently airworthy sequel to one of the studio's most renowned creations, 1953's Peter Pan.
02/15/02
Top CriticSomeone must be hitting the pixie dust pretty hard at Disney. How else could those Mousey execs convince themselves that this shoddy shoulda-been -straight-to-video Peter Pan sequel would actually pass for big-screen entertainment?
02/15/02
A bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort.
02/15/02
A lackluster, unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
02/15/02
Though the animation looks a little sub-par in comparison to recent computer-animated masterpieces like Monsters, Inc., the story is uplifting in true Disney style.
02/15/02
Return to Never Land is a bright and energetic animated comedy, with all the slick polish we expect from Disney, but it's not much more.
02/15/02
Top CriticThe result is just enough pixie dust to get this franchise filler off the ground, provided viewers have enough faith and trust in one of the studio's most fondly remembered titles.
02/15/02
Return to Never Land is reliable, standard Disney animated fare, with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages.
02/15/02
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