| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Balaji Srinivasan (Rating: 2/4) |
| The story of Peter Pan has been made and remade several times in movies
(remember the absolutely awful casting of Robin Williams as Peter Pan?).
Finding Neverland is another take on the subject. It is a straightforward story
of how Sir James Barrie...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: A) |
| Charles Frohman (Dustin Hoffman), the financier of J.M Barrie's (Johnny Depp)
plays, is a stern business operator. But because he believes in the talents of
his playwright partner, he brushes off the current flop that is currently
running and looks...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| No doubt about it, 'Finding Neverland' has a heaping helping of powerful
emotional moments. I was touched, sure, but a woman sitting nearby was
absolutely sobbing. I guess she believes in fairies. Anyway, maybe it was the
idiot hoofing the back of my...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Full disclosure: What I knew about J.M.Barrie walking into this movie could
fill a thimble. I am not here to speak to the biographical accuracy of this
film or the work on which it's based, Allan Knee's play The Man Who Was Peter
Pan. As my companion...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: A-) |
| Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) goes to work one day in London's
Kensington Gardens and meets the Llewelyn Davies boys, a quartet that will
provide much needed inspiration and become a life long commitment. The married
Barrie's friendship...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+) |
| Playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) stands off stage and watches as his latest
play meets a hohum audience response. Thus chastened, he takes to long walks in
London's Kensington Gardens with his oversized St.
Bernard, Porthos, where he befriends a...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| FINDING NEVERLAND has to rank high among the disappointments of this holiday
movie season. Except for a good but inconsequential performance by Johnny Depp
and for the story's tearjerker ending, there is little to recommend this
pedestrian melodrama...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: A-) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Miramax Films
Grade: A-
Directed by: Marc Forster
Written by: David Magee, from play "The Man Who Was Peter
Pan" by Allan Knee
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell,
Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore,...more |
| Finding Neverland Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| A rare example of obvious Oscar bait that still manages to grab you and
charm you into a trance, Finding Neverland tells the "inspired by actual
events" (code for "mostly made up") story of writer J.M. Barrie cooking up
the idea for Peter Pan. The...more |
