Finding Neverland (2004)
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/scope 101m
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Kelly Macdonald, Ian Hart
Synopsis:
None too successful, but comfortably provided for, the playwright J.M. Barrie befriends the Llewelyn Davies family - widowed mother and four sons - in the park, beginning a period of mutual inspiration which culminates in the creation of Peter Pan.
Review:
Restrained in its effects and sensitively acted, this is closer in spirit to Shadowlands than to Hook, and one can see what Miss Potter was later to try so hard to ape. The non-fulfilment of any romantic expectations raises questions about Barrie that also get an airing during a cricket game, but this too is left to the viewer to muse over. The primary message is the one about growing up and keeping faith with something in the imagination, and the film makes its point modestly and effectively, and then goes.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/scope 101m
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Kelly Macdonald, Ian Hart
Synopsis:
None too successful, but comfortably provided for, the playwright J.M. Barrie befriends the Llewelyn Davies family - widowed mother and four sons - in the park, beginning a period of mutual inspiration which culminates in the creation of Peter Pan.
Review:
Restrained in its effects and sensitively acted, this is closer in spirit to Shadowlands than to Hook, and one can see what Miss Potter was later to try so hard to ape. The non-fulfilment of any romantic expectations raises questions about Barrie that also get an airing during a cricket game, but this too is left to the viewer to muse over. The primary message is the one about growing up and keeping faith with something in the imagination, and the film makes its point modestly and effectively, and then goes.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/scope 101m
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Kelly Macdonald, Ian Hart
Synopsis:
None too successful, but comfortably provided for, the playwright J.M. Barrie befriends the Llewelyn Davies family - widowed mother and four sons - in the park, beginning a period of mutual inspiration which culminates in the creation of Peter Pan.
Review:
Restrained in its effects and sensitively acted, this is closer in spirit to Shadowlands than to Hook, and one can see what Miss Potter was later to try so hard to ape. The non-fulfilment of any romantic expectations raises questions about Barrie that also get an airing during a cricket game, but this too is left to the viewer to muse over. The primary message is the one about growing up and keeping faith with something in the imagination, and the film makes its point modestly and effectively, and then goes.